Posted in Current Issues, Parliament, Transparency on Mar 18th, 2009 24 Comments »
It is wrong to think that Defence scandals confine only to submarine, Eurocopter, Sukhoi, and big-time weapons.
Today I held a press conference in the lobby of the Parliament to expose more scandals in awarding Defence contracts. Last week, I received a written answer from the Ministry of Defence revealing that in 2008 54% of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2009 3 Comments »
Karpal Singh was charged today. I was in court showing my solidarity with the Lion King.
He was in his usual self, undeterred and vowed to continue with his outspoken style.
Coincidentally (or rather by design), Umno Disciplinary Committee made several ground-shaking announcement this afternoon.
It seems that the Disciplinary Committee is inclined to support Dr Mahathir’s advice. [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Human Rights, Parliament, Politics, Umno, Viewpoint on Mar 16th, 2009 11 Comments »
After delivering lots of carrots in the stimulus package, Najib is now ready to wave the big stick.
MP for Puchong Gobind Singh Deo was suspended for a year today. The Speaker won’t even let the House to have a proper debate.
Last Thursday (12 March), Gobind has been suspended for one day. But that was not [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Economy, Parliament on Mar 12th, 2009 7 Comments »
Two Members of Parliament were kicked out today (12 March)
The MP for Ranau Siringan Gubat was suspended by the Parliament Speaker during question time this morning. The House Speaker Pandikar ordered him to leave the chamber when Gubat interjected the debate on social contract between Parit Buntar MP Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa and Deputy Minister [...]
Posted in Economy, Viewpoint on Mar 11th, 2009 3 Comments »
When we are facing a global crisis of an unknown magnitude, it is difficult to say how much money is needed to cushion the impact.
In general, the problem is not about how much we inject to stimulate our national economy. Or even how much reserve we can afford to use for the package?
We should take [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Economy, Politics, Umno on Mar 10th, 2009 5 Comments »
As I am sitting at the Parliament lobby, Najib is delivering his speech on the Stimulus Package.
BN called this a Mini Budget. Last year, when the government tabled the 2009 Budget, we in the Opposition called for a revised budget in the view of global economic crisis. It took the Federal Government half a year [...]
Posted in Parliament on Mar 5th, 2009 7 Comments »
On 3 March, I received a written answer from the Ministry of Defence on defence purchases.
My question was:
Request the Minister of Defence to list down the number and value of military purchases or projects that had been conducted through direct negotiation from year 2006-2008.
The answer was rather disappointing. The Defence Minister who is the outgoing [...]
Posted in Culture, Current Issues, Politics on Mar 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
Parameswara’s cabinet meeting under the Malacca tree, accompanied by dogs and kancil
In parliament today, some BN lawmakers tried to ridicule Pakatan Rakyat. They described the holding of Perak Legislative Assembly under the tree as “law of the jungle”.
In fact the problem is that BN leadership indeed only saw one tree but failed to see the [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Politics on Mar 3rd, 2009 4 Comments »
The latest political events seems to follow the emblem of Pancasila:
First we have the cow, now Perak State Assembly was held under a tree.
What’s next? On the Indonesia’s national coat of arm, there are: the chain, cotton & rice and a star in the center.
Let’s wait to see how new events will be unfolding in [...]