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Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: Khalid vs Azmin?

By Ding Jo-Ann

July 5, 2010

THIS week, The Nut Graph asks political scientist Wong Chin Huat to comment on Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Azmin Ali’s supposed party tussle with Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. TNG: What is the significance, if any, of Azmin Ali replacing Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim as PKR Selangor chief? Does this indicate that […]

Khairy: Yes, Umno can change

By Ding Jo-Ann

June 23, 2010

“IS Umno its own worst enemy? Does it need to lose power before it can reform?” These questions and more were posed to Members of Parliament (MPs) Khairy Jamaluddin, Tony Pua and Nurul Izzah Anwar at The Nut Graph’s recent forum, Found in Conversation: Creativity and Innovation in Politics. “Why does our prime minister have […]

Approval for Umno constitutional amendments

October 15, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Oct 2009: The Umno special general assembly today changed the rules of election for party posts by making it more open and abolishing the nomination quota system to stamp out money politics. The special assembly, which began at 12.20pm, ended an hour later with the delegates unanimously approving the proposed amendments tabled […]

Umno reforms meet inertia

By Shanon Shah

October 14, 2009

Khairy, Rosnah and Shahrizat (Rosnah pic courtesy of Merdeka Review) THE 60th Umno general assembly has been touted as one in which the biggest political party in Malaysia will set much-needed reforms in motion. But if the party’s Youth, Wanita and Puteri wings’ assemblies on 14 Oct 2009 are any indication, it looks as though […]

Umno general assembly starts tomorrow

October 12, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Oct 2009: Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad‘s victory in the Bagan Pinang by-election yesterday will certainly be one of the hot topics among the delegates at the 2009 Umno general assembly beginning tomorrow. Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who has helmed the party for only seven months as president, acknowledged that the major […]

Najib & Co. (Part II)

By Gan Pei Ling

July 13, 2009

On the media: “I firmly believe that there is vital place…for a vibrant, free and informed media. If we are truly to build a democracy that is responsive to the needs of all the people, we need a media — both old and new — that is empowered to responsibly report what they see, without […]

ISA review includes revising detention period

By Zedeck Siew

June 25, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: The Home Ministry may table amendments to the Internal Security Act (ISA) in the next parliamentary sitting that will include a re-examination of the length of detention and the appointment of independent investigators. Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that among others, the ministry would re-examine the ISA’s 60-day detention […]

Will BN be replaced?

By Deborah Loh

May 4, 2009

DESPITE his own dilemma about remaining in the MCA, party deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek believes the Barisan Nasional (BN) has a chance at regaining voter confidence, but not if it doesn’t muster the political will to change. He thinks the BN has a shot at reform under new Prime Minister Datuk […]

Fear of reform

By N Shashi Kala

April 29, 2009

I REMEMBER as a child, every time my sisters or I misbehaved, my parents would threaten us with these six words guaranteed to induce good behaviour: “I’ll send you to reform school!” Of course, back then, I had little idea of what a “reform school” was, but from the way my parents brandished it, I […]

PM urged to adopt six reform measures

April 8, 2009

PENANG, 8 April 2009: DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng is urging Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to adopt six reform measures in order to make the “One Malaysia, People First and Performance Now” concept work. Lim, who is also Penang Chief Minister, said Najib must first ban racial-based political parties that restrict membership to […]

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