THE following Member of Parliament (MP) has not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Thursday, 4 March 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. His response will be updated if and when he replies. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Ismail Abd MuttalibConstituency: MaranParty: Umno Years as MP: Since 2004Government post: None […]
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Mission: Democratisation
By Wong Chin HuatI HAVE no doubt that a two-party system is better than the one-party state we currently live in. However, what is desirable is not necessarily viable. As I have argued, blind faith in the feasibility of a two-party system may lead to either one-party predominance (under the Barisan Nasional [BN] or Pakatan Rakyat [PR]), or […]
Charles Santiago (Klang)
By Deborah Loh & Patrick KratzensteinKLANG Member of Parliament (MP) Charles Santiago’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Charles Anthony Santiago Constituency: Klang Party: DAP (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Selangor vice-chairperson Membership in parliamentary caucus or committee: Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus Blog/website: http://votecharles.wordpress.com/ Would […]
Forget the two-party system
By Wong Chin Huat(Corrected at 12pm, 24 Feb 2010) (Scales by darktaco / sxc.hu) FEDERAL opposition politicians and their well-wishers like to talk about an emerging two-party system in Malaysia. I believe having a two-party system is a noble goal, but it is also a false option at this juncture. A two-party system implies normal politics in a […]
Abdul Rahman Dahlan (Kota Belud)
By Koh Lay ChinKOTA Belud Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Abdul Rahman Dahlan Constituency: Kota Belud Party: Umno Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party Position: None Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: Public accounts committee […]
Building Malaysia
By Ding Jo-Ann(All following pics courtesy of Sivarasa Rasiah) GENETICIST. Lawyer. Human rights activist. Subang Member of Parliament. Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president. Sivarasa Rasiah has worn many hats. Sivarasa returned to Malaysia on his 30th birthday in 1986 and began a life of activism in championing human rights. The Rhodes scholar says he began thinking critically about […]
Holding MPs accountable
By Patrick KratzensteinPETALING JAYA, 12 Feb 2010: The Nut Graph‘s MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project is similar to a German web-based initiative where people can pose questions to their elected representatives in the national parliament or Bundestag. Abgeordnetenwatch.de, which literally means “watching Members of Parliament”, was a grassroots effort started in Hamburg in 2004. The […]
How democratic are political parties?
By Shanon ShahSINCE the watershed March 2008 elections, intra-party spats and power struggles have become the norm in Malaysia. These problems seem to be an equal opportunity malaise, affecting both the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR). Do our political parties take and share power democratically? (© sanja gjenero | sxc.hu)It could just be that these […]
Don’t charge Nasir Safar
By Ding Jo-AnnDATUK Nasir Safar‘s alleged racist remarks have sparked calls by Barisan Nasional component parties for Nasir to be charged with sedition and even detained without trial under the Internal Security Act. Buckling under such pressure, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein announced on 4 Feb 2010 that the now former special officer of the prime […]
Knowing your MP
By Deborah LohIF you had a chance to ask just one question of all our MPs regarding how they view our democracy and what they would do about it, what would it be? Through a project called MP Watch: Eye on Parliament, The Nut Graph invites readers to better know the 222 Members of Parliament (MPs) and […]
