Yes, it will be unfair to pre-empt voters in Permatang Pauh and talk about the implications of voting one way or the other. In the view of people who support Anwar Ibrahim, voting him in most probably construes a vote for change, cleaning up the government and a host of good virtues, no doubt.
What would voting for UMNO (and its Barisan l ...Continue
Change in Malaysia will depend on which government stays in power. I think - and I hope - people realize that. The structure of our democracy has been so corrupted by the present government that nothing is far from their reach. Everything from the UMNO-appointed heads of civil services, to collusion with the Police and the criminal element, to t ...Continue
Events have moved pretty fast, and I didn’t think way back in March how things would have turned out for DSAI. Over the weeks and months that followed Pakatan Rakyat’s victory in five states, I watched as the UMNO-BN machine got into gear; the assault has been breathtaking. Already the rumours on the blogosphere is that this online sp ...Continue
And that’s how I’m beginning to view the events of the past few years, even the whole of Abdullah Badawi’s first term as Prime Minister. It was Mahathir who engineered Anwar’s downfall and Badawi’s placement as the new No. 2 man in UMNO, and today we are still witnessing the botched-up accusations flung at Anwar again ...Continue
It’s become more and more obvious that Pakatan Rakyat will not make it without a few things brought to hand - and immediately. Reading Malaysiakini’s article about PR’s less-than-stellar performance in their first 100 days was like reading a complaint. And I know I’m in danger of sounding like an apologist, but really, tak ...Continue