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 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 Activities, Politics, Viewpoint on May 3rd, 2008 8 Comments »
I gave a talk at the Phoenix Friendship Association on May 1 in Penang. Phoenix Friendship Association is a grouping of ex-Parti Buruh and Socialist Front members. Many of them had been imprisoned under ISA.
The association invited Liew Chin Tong, Lee Ban Chien and me to speak at their annual Labour Day Gathering in a [...]
Posted in Party, Politics, Viewpoint on Mar 29th, 2008 17 Comments »
3 weeks after the 12th General Elections, people are still talking about cross-over and guessing when Abdullah will step down. There has been also anxiety over the volatile political atmosphere since the government is perceived to be not stable.
There have been lots of rumours that some MPs are plotting secretly to cross to the Opposition. [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Election, Viewpoint on Mar 25th, 2008 15 Comments »
Over all the years ruled by the BN, it has been the norm that rules are changed to suit the rulers.
The new “Law Minister” Zaid Ibrahim is now talking about enacting the anti-hopping law. Is the objective of the proposal to protect the legitimate voices of the people/voters?
It seems that UMNO-BN is very anxious about [...]
Posted in Interview, Parliament Batu, Viewpoint on Mar 23rd, 2008 25 Comments »
The New Straits Times is running a series of articles known as Know your MPs.
Today the paper publishes a short description of me and my vision. It is a sign of power swift, the NST is adopting some form of glasnost and providing some balanced view.
However I am surprised at the bitterness of my election [...]
Posted in Politics, Viewpoint on Mar 20th, 2008 10 Comments »
PM Abdullah announced a new slim cabinet as it has been described by the mainstream media.
We are not sure how Abdullah finalized his picks on the cabinet. Perhaps he was more interested in a kitchen cabinet.
The list of cabinet members does not look slim at all. The casualties of the slimming are the parliamentary secretaries. [...]
Posted in Announcement, Election, Politics, Viewpoint on Mar 17th, 2008 29 Comments »
Hi, I am back.
It had been a very exhausting week after the election result. I also felt heavy burden with great expectation from the people.
Malaysia is now catching up with the development of other countries. We are moving towards a multi-party democracy.
However to maintain and to continue inspiring the people is much more difficult than [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Election, Party, Politics, Viewpoint on Mar 4th, 2008 20 Comments »
While I was walking the market this morning, some people stopped me and expressed their disgust with Chandra Mustafa for what he said in the Star report today (March 4).
To me, Chandra’s attack on Anwar is nothing new. What he has done was not unexpected. The BN must be very desperately running out of ammunition, [...]
Posted in Politics, Viewpoint on Feb 14th, 2008 7 Comments »
Abdullah Badawi blamed Agong for his lie. He said he denied the dissolution of parliament yesterday (12 Feb) because he was yet to get the consent of the Agong.
His deputy Najib should be congratulated for his sense of humors:
Opposition Parties Full Of Lies, Says Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (Bernama) — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri [...]