Posted in Politics, Umno, Viewpoint on May 20th, 2008 11 Comments »
I was quoted in a Reuter report on Dr Mahathir’s resignation from Umno:
“He has to fight to defend his legacy, he has to fight against UMNO’s attempts to erode his credibility,” said Tian Chua, a leader of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) led by former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim. …
In my [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Politics, Viewpoint on May 20th, 2008 8 Comments »
Dr Mahathir announced quiting Umno at 12:35hr today (19 May). This fulfilled the prophesy that all Umno presidents (except Tun Abdul Razak) left the party.
This is definitely a calculated move. Mahathir has reached his end of the road. Mahathir’s credibility has been steadily eroded by the VK Lingam investigation.
I believe that Mahathir is feeling [...]
Posted in Parliament, Viewpoint on May 17th, 2008 9 Comments »
In my delivery of speech during the debate of the Royal Address (I spoke on 13 May), I lashed out at a series of failures of the Defence Minister.
I was particularly upset with the continuous sacrifice of lives in the National Service Training Program. I blamed this on the ambition of the Minister who wanted [...]
Posted in Politics, Talks, Visual on May 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
Last Thursday (15 May), I was invited by Astro Awani (Channel 501) to participate in the “Sudut Pandangan” program, hosted by Kamarul Bahrin Haron. The broadcast was live at 20:30hr.
On the same stage, purportedly my ‘opponent’, was Datuk Saifudin Abdullah. The new deputy minister for Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development was once the chairperson of Malaysia [...]
Posted in Parliament on May 15th, 2008 12 Comments »
There seems to be some confusion what Hishamuddin @ ‘Kris’hamuddin said in Parliament last night.
What he said definitely intended to confuse everyone. He talked about commitment to resolve the problems.
What problems? In Hishamuddin’s view, the question is not about building more Chinese or Tamil schools. He argued that many Tamil and Chinese schools are having [...]
Posted in Parliament on May 14th, 2008 13 Comments »
Today, ministers began to answer points raised in our speech in the last few days.
In the afternoon, the Deputy Finance Minister started the ball rolling. His long-winded speech bored everyone. When he was asked why our country’s competitiveness is falling behind, he gave a long story. He used some 15 minutes to tell a story [...]
Posted in Parliament, Politics on May 13th, 2008 16 Comments »
Parliament at late night, Not in Malaysia!
The PM just walked into the Parliament Hall at this late hour, 23:00hr.
It seems that the strong presence of Pakatan Rakyat MPs has sent a strong signal to the government to take parliament more seriously.
At lobby of the Parliament, Sivarasa met the PM before he entered the chamber, the [...]
Posted in Parliament on May 13th, 2008 10 Comments »
I am sitting in the Dewan Rakyat waiting for my turn to speak. Now Tenggara MP is speaking.
Earlier we heard backbencher MPs from Sabah, as well as Semanjung, all delivered their fiery speeches, lashing at BN Government.
I wonder BN backbenchers are trying to take over the role of the opposition. Yesterday Sabahan MPs criticized the [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Freedom of Information, Politics, Viewpoint on May 10th, 2008 14 Comments »
Finally, RPK walked out of Sg Buloh prison freely!
He was brought to PJ Session Court and released yesterday (9 May) at 09:30hr on the dot. I was late to receive him in court, but caught up with Marina, Petra and the whole gang in Hilton PJ.
Petra was cheerful as usual. He shared with us his [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Politics on May 7th, 2008 7 Comments »
RPK is a Russian made Kalashnikov machine gun
What so seditious about Raja Petra Kamarul (RPK)’s article, “Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell“?
Sedition is an act of encouraging rebellion against the authorities or social order. Granted, the article insinuated that Deputy PM Najib Razak is linked to the murder of Altantuya. Whether Najib is really [...]