The new style in Malaysian politics is to declare support for your party’s enemy while not actually leaving your party.

Not everything in Malaysia should revolve around politics, especially not education or even Palestinian solidarity.

A Javanese political wayang kulit finally unveiled itself on Monday when the Constitution Court ruled that the 40-year-old minimum age for Indonesian presidential and vice-presidential candidates did not apply to anyone who is an elected regional leader.

The Opposition will have to break out of the mould it set for itself if it ever wants to form the government one day.

WHAT is the way forward for Muda?

A crucial ministry that directly affects people’s lives has been without a minister for more than two months.

Once again an election in a little town is getting outsized attention. Could results affect who rules the state?

Street rallies and protests and shouts of ‘Reformati’ (no, not ‘Reformasi’) have strong deja vu vibes. Who knows who will be against whom in the future?

With graft charges against Umno’s president dropped, which way will Pakatan Harapan supporters jump?

The powers-that-be have spoken (softy, secretly) in Thailand and an exiled former PM returns and a young political leader is denied his chance at the top post.

This is why every vote counts. In the upcoming by-elections in Johor, it will all come down to which community turns out to vote in big numbers.

Moving away from his usual column, the writer shares instead the exclusive conversation he had with a senior politician about the elections, Umno, and the Prime Minister.