Posted in Parliament, Politics on Jul 14th, 2008 19 Comments »
The Speaker of the House rejects Pakatan Rakyat-sponsored “no-confidence motion”.
It was based on the ground of technically. The decision of the Speaker was delivered to the Opposition Leader this morning.
We are already very upset with war-like situation in the Parliament. Now we are denied even the right to debate a national crisis.
Posted in Current Issues, Parliament, Politics on Jul 14th, 2008 10 Comments »
One cannot find another government more paranoid than the government of Abduallah Badawi.
Last Friday, Pakatan Rakyat submitted a no-confidence motion to the Speaker. It is expected that the motion could be debated on Monday 14 July.
The next day, Minister in the PM Department announced that MPs can no longer bring guests. I wonder this ruling [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Politics on Jul 6th, 2008 11 Comments »
Beware: The Joker is ready to strike back!!!
Deputy PM said that he has no intention to apply for court injunction against the SD of Private Investigator Balasubramaniam. Neither Najib is interested to sue Bala for defamation.
Isn’t it sound rather odd?
If Balasubramaniam has maliciously spread lies to undermine Najib good name, naturally the most appropriate thing [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Politics on Jul 3rd, 2008 10 Comments »
There is a riot in Mongolia. The riot has to do with the transparency and credibility of election.
As a member of global community, we are concerned with the security and stability of this region.
Anwar held a press conference this morning, it has something to do with Malaysia-Mongolia relations.
I heard Najib too will hold a press [...]
Posted in Anwar, Politics, Viewpoint on Jul 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
I really don’t feel like writing much about the latest conspiracy. I must admit it is indeed a distraction from our struggle.
However, I am an optimist who have deep faith on the Rakyat (people). People can see through a lousy plot easily. Our struggle for change must go on. The battle now is not about [...]
Posted in Anwar, Politics, Viewpoint on Jun 30th, 2008 12 Comments »
When Hollywood did poorly in box office, its producer made “Superman 2″.
I was not surprised with the vicious attack from the BN regime. The BN guys are sore losers, thus we have anticipated a massive crackdown against our democratic movement.
The conspirators should be reprimanded for lacking creativity. These guys are too lazy and did not [...]
Posted in Politics on Jun 28th, 2008 9 Comments »
PM Abdullah canceled two projects—PORR and Monorail in the 9th Malaysia Plan.
He said the decision is not political and is not because Penang is ruled by Pakatan Rakyat. It is hard for the people to believe that the BN Federal Government is fair to all states.
While cutting back on Penang and other Pakatan’s states, the [...]
Posted in Freedom of Information, Politics on Jun 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
At the final days of Abdullah’s premiership, his government is probably trying to do some good to correct the wrongs of Mahathir’s era. Yesterday (24 June) we got the news that the publication permit of Harakah was restored to its original twice a week.
It is definite a good news. Harakah is more than a mouthpiece [...]
Posted in Politics, Umno on Jun 2nd, 2008 9 Comments »
The Star (1 June 2008):
Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he will not quit as adviser to Proton and Petronas voluntarily, adding that he prefers to be kicked out.
“If they want to take away my positions, they are welcome, as I am not dependent on them and not even if they give me [...]
Posted in Parliament, Politics on May 27th, 2008 13 Comments »
Maybank claimed that it was a good deal. The management of Maybank placed a bid to buy over Banking International Indonesia (BII) for USD 2.7 billion or RM 8.6 billion dollars—a price so high that all other bidders including HSBC and China Bank decided to back off.
Today (27 May) noon, Maybank CEO Datuk Seri Abdul [...]