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October 2013

October 21, 2013

We apologise for factual errors made in Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: On the “Allah” judgement and in the Shape of a Pocket column entitled Wishing for another 13 May.

Where does Malaysia go from GE13?

Work in Progress by Hwa Yue-Yi

May 20, 2013

SOME countries move from relatively democratic systems to more authoritarian ones such as Malaysia in the 1970s. Others from authoritarianism toward democracy. What can the experiences of these other countries tell us about where we go from GE13? And what choices lie ahead of those who want change?

Towards national reconciliation

Reductio ad Absurdum by Chan Kheng Hoe

May 13, 2013

NATIONAL reconciliation requires all our cooperation and input. It cannot just be accomplished by the PM alone. What can be done?

Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: Who makes a better opposition?

By Ding Jo-Ann

July 19, 2010

THE last general election birthed a situation that was not common before 2008: the Barisan Nasional (BN) functioning as an opposition. Although the BN has been the opposition in Kelantan for many years, it was a completely new experience for them in Selangor, Penang, Perak and Kedah. Indeed, the blanket term “opposition” previously used to […]

Punjabi party wants in

By Deborah Loh

May 12, 2010

THE little-known Parti Punjabi Malaysia (PPM) got a spot in the newspapers recently when it elected its first woman president, Dr Susheel Kaur, a senior consultant in social impact studies and population geography. The 24-year-old party has been trying to join the Barisan Nasional (BN) for the last 10 years. PPM represents less than 2.5% […]

Tan Seng Giaw (Kepong)

By Ding Jo-Ann

March 22, 2010

KEPONG Member of Parliament Dr Tan Seng Giaw responds to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Tan Seng Giaw Constituency: Kepong Party: DAP (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 1982 Government post: None Party position:   National deputy chairperson  DAP Parliament Whip Membership in parliamentary […]

Loke Siew Fook (Rasah)

By Deborah Loh

February 2, 2010

RASAH Member of Parliament Loke Siew Fook 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.  Name: Loke Siew FookConstituency: Rasah Party: DAP (Opposition)Years as MP: […]

Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (Bukit Gantang)

By Deborah Loh

February 2, 2010

BUKIT 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: […]

DPM: PR cannot discharge responsibilities

October 26, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: The differences occurring within the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) should create awareness among the people that the coalition does not have the capability to discharge their responsibility, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Deputy Prime Minister said that the various problems that had cropped up in the states under the opposition […]

Will the police respect opposition?

By Azril Mohd Amin

August 21, 2009

A PRIMARY principle of democratic government that can and should be imported into the Muslim ummah is self-regulation by means of dialogue with opposition and political parties. Political opposition, accomplished through the right channel and by reasonable means, is not the same as “sedition”. Therefore, blogs and other forms of detraction from majority party views […]

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