Tan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh WHEN Tan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh was Dewan Negara president, the upper house of parliament started regaining just a little bit of its clout as a check and balance to executive power. In 2005, for example, senators resisted just being a rubber stamp for the controversial amendments to […]
Tan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh
Checking power in Malaysia
By Shanon ShahTan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh TAN Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh has had an interesting career in Malaysian politics. An Umno member, he was Member of Parliament (MP), first for the Arau seat in the 1980s, and then for the Kangar seat in 1999. The 1944-born medical graduate was appointed Deputy Speaker of the […]
Defending Umno Youth
By The Nut Graph teamON 26 Feb 2009, a group of Selangor Umno Youth members tried to prevent opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Karpal Singh from entering Parliament. Karpal, who uses a wheelchair, had raised their ire because he had called the wing “celaka” and accused it of sending him live bullets in the mail in Parliament the day […]
