In the aftermath of the LKS debacle, I’ve been wondering what’s been going on with Barisan Rakyat - I’ll keep calling them that till they show unequivocally that they can’t work together at all. I was chatting with my friend from Singapore again, and we both agreed that the component parties have really not gotten down to organizing themse ...Continue
I just caught Jacqueline Ann Surin’s phone interview on ChannelNewsAsia, where she described an information landscape that remains outside the grip of the government machinery.. and I think I should say here: thank you, Malaysiakini! Last night’s coverage has justified my subscription to Malaysiakini many times over, although I know th ...Continue
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
And that makes FOUR….
with Perlis on the way!!
Malaysiakini’s update:
Unofficial: Opposition wins Selangor - 12.25am
Selangor has fallen into the hands of the opposition. PKR has earlier announced that its secretary-general Khalid Ibrahim will be named chief minister. In Selangor, DAP has taken 35 ...Continue
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