Malaysia? 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” […]
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Salahuddin Ayub (Kubang Kerian)
By Deborah LohKUBANG Kerian Member of Parliament (MP) Salahuddin Ayub’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Salahuddin Ayub Constituency: Kubang Kerian Party: PAS (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2004 Government post: None Party position: Vice-president Membership in parliamentary committee or caucus: Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus member […]
PKR’s resignations
By Shanon ShahWITHIN a month, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has been rocked with the resignations of high-profile party leaders, including three federal lawmakers. Bayan Baru Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim quit in early February 2010, followed by Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng a fortnight later. It might have been easy to dismiss […]
Ab Halim Ab Rahman (Pengkalan Chepa)
By Deborah LohPENGKALAN Chepa Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Ab Halim Ab Rahman’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Ab Halim Ab Rahman Constituency: Pengkalan Chepa Party: PAS Years as MP: Since 2004 Government position: None Party position: Elections director Membership in parliamentary committees […]
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 […]
Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (Bukit Gantang)
By Deborah LohBUKIT Gantang Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin responds to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs the same six questions about parliamentary democracy in Malaysia. Three of the questions were selected by readers and three others by The Nut Graph. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Mohammad Nizar JamaluddinConstituency: […]
Get real, Pakatan Rakyat
By Deborah LohONE odd thing about the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s inaugural convention on 19 Dec 2009 was the fact that none of the grassroots level members were given the chance to debate the common policy framework. Instead, those who “debated” the document after it was unveiled were mainly second-tier leaders from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), PAS and […]
PR’s spin on local elections
By Wong Chin HuatSPARE us the spin. The Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s promise to merely “strengthen local government democracy” in its common policy framework (CPF) is not a wider plan to go beyond local elections. It’s a compromise to substitute local elections. And from DAP chairperson Karpal Singh‘s comment, the obstacle to the coalition’s commitment to local elections is […]
PAS tetap konsisten
Oleh Shanon ShahPAS memang konsisten. Malah, baru-baru ini nampaknya Dewan Pemuda PAS Pusat bukan saja konsisten tentang isu di Malaysia, tetapi juga isu di negara lain seperti UK dan Iran. Dalam kenyataan media pada 9 Dis 2009, Pemuda PAS “mengutuk keras tindakan Liga Pertahanan Inggeris (EDL) yang membangkitkan sentimen perkauman dan anti-Islam di kalangan rakyat Britain”. Pada […]
Reaching common ground
By Deborah LohPKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng PAKATAN Rakyat (PR)’s common policy to be unveiled this Saturday on 19 Dec 2009 appears to have reached some compromise on the divisive issue of PAS‘s goal for an Islamic state. Clearly, PAS […]
