PASIR Mas Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Ibrahim Ali’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Ibrahim Ali Constituency: Pasir Mas Party: Independent Years as MP: 1986 – 1990 (Umno) 1990-1991 (Semangat 46) 1991 – 1995 (Umno) 2008 – (Independent) Government position: None Party position: None Membership […]
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Malaysia, the model Muslim country
By Shanon ShahMalaysia? BACK when he was deputy prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak pledged that Malaysia would become “a role model to the Islamic world”. He said this in the middle of the 2009 Kuala Terengganu by-election, which Najib’s Barisan Nasional (BN) eventually lost to Pakatan Rakyat (PR). Najib’s pledge was poetic, since a “role model” […]
Hee Loy Sian (PJ Selatan)
By Ding Jo-AnnPETALING Jaya Selatan Member of Parliament (MP) Hee Loy Sian’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Hee Loy Sian Constituency: Petaling Jaya Selatan Party: PKR (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Selangor vice-chairperson Central leadership council member Membership […]
“Bukan Melayu betul”
By Ding Jo-AnnBilqis Hijjas (all pics below courtesy of Bilqis Hijjas) BILQIS Hijjas has come a long way since her first dance lessons. “My mum sent me for ballet lessons with a girl up the road, who ended up as Linda Jasmine [Hashim] from Akademi Fantasia,” she says. “[Linda] was 14, I was six, and our lessons […]
Who is Najib Razak?
By Jacqueline Ann Surin(pic courtesy of theSun) IN just a week, Datuk Seri Najib Razak would have been prime minister of Malaysia for exactly a year. Twelve months down the line and all I really want to ask him is, “Will the real Najib please stand up?” After all, we know that the sixth premier of Malaysia is […]
Lee Boon Chye (Gopeng)
By Ding Jo-AnnGOPENG Member of Parliament Dr Lee Boon Chye responds to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Lee Boon ChyeConstituency: GopengParty: PKR (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008Government post: None Party position: Vice-president Membership in parliamentary committee or caucus: None Blog/website: http://gopeng.wordpress.com/ Would you support the abolition/review of […]
Hiew King Cheu (Kota Kinabalu)
By Deborah LohKOTA Kinabalu Member of Parliament (MP) Hiew King Cheu’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Hiew King CheuConstituency: Kota KinabaluParty: DAP (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008Government post: None Party post: Central executive committee member Sabah state committee chairperson Membership in parliamentary […]
Debunking “politicking”
By Wong Chin HuatMY previous column, which analysed the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s aversion to local government elections, drew one particular reader’s comment that amazed me. KIM GAN wrote: “To avoid the politicking that may impinge on racial [sensitivities], perhaps the campaigning can be minimal and voting can be carried out electronically through the net, sanctioned and monitored by […]
Democratic parties are possible
By Shanon Shah(Pic by Jirikabele / Dreamstime) WHEN the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government dismissed local government elections and school elections on the grounds that these involve “politicking”, it was telling us that it either misunderstands democracy, or holds it in contempt. But when the Selangor and Penang Pakatan Rakyat (PR) governments pushed to restore local government […]
Keeping Perkasa on track
By Deborah LohIT just has to juggle it all, Perkasa pro-tem president Datuk Ibrahim Ali says of the government and its duties. These include protecting Malay Malaysian privileges, maintaining subsidies while managing depleting oil resources, and providing for other poor communities. In the second of a two-part interview on 9 March 2010 with The Nut Graph in […]
