I’ve got to admit; I never thought I’d see the day when things would change so dramatically. The melodrama of the last four years that was Badawi’s reign was disastrous - in some ways so much more disastrous than Mahathir’s despotism. The last four years has been a story of incompetence compounded upon impotence, playing o ...Continue
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
This just in from Malaysiakini:
Anwar: BN to lose two-thirds majority - 11.02pm
PKR advisor Anwar Ibrahim said tonight that early results from the general election indicated the BN would lose its critical two-thirds majority in parliament.
“We have crossed the one-third majority. This is based on information f ...Continue
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Liberation.
I was about to use the word “fallen”, but that seems so inappropriate. No, liberation is a better term. Already, the IGP’s issuing warnings about SMS’s and rumours and such. A friend of mine on the ground at one of the polling centres here in Johor Bahru informed me about the sombre mood in the UMNO/Bar ...Continue
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
7.33pm: Penang appears to be deciding in the Opposition’s favour. Minute by minute updates are available on Malaysiakini, and the news appears positive at the moment. Samy Vellu appears to be fighting for the rest of his meager political life, and DAP has retained K ...Continue