GEORGETOWN, FEBRUARY 12 – Minutes after withdrawing from the Pakatan Rakyat coalition, Bayan Baru MP Zahrain Mohd Hashim uncovered the real reason for his his withdrawal: its collective unfriendliness.
In a telephone conversation earlier today, Zahrain described Pakatan unenthusiastic attitude as an ‘oft-gloomy affair.’
“I’m a jovial spirit at heart, which was how I embraced my post [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, JANUARY 12 – In light of the recent attacks on churches in Malaysia, the Malaysian government has introduced a new set of churches that has been said to withstand projectile weapons such as Molotov cocktails.
Termed as Porta-Church technology, the churches will be fashioned primarily from plastic and polystyrene materials, and will replace many [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 JULY 2009 – In a shock manoeuvre yesterday, the Bukit Lumpur Independent MP Mat Dong Geng resigned from his post, paving the way for another by-election in the Pahang constituency, only a short while after the tumultuous campaigning in Manek Urai this recent week.
Ignoring pleas from the Election Commission to reconsider his [...]
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Been following the events undergoing the Perak Assembly sitting today, and though I’m not hopeful concerning Pakatan Rakyat’s ability to maintain power, I have to say the government has gone too far:
2.39pm Speaker Sivakumar has been physically removed by the police from his chair. He has been taken out the door.
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It goes without saying that political parties in the Pakatan Rakyat possess various ideologies as well as structures, even if all of them have united against a common enemy. Nevertheless, it is these different viewpoints and decisions by representatives of each faction that have caused cracks to appear in the fabric of the coalition. Unfortunately [...]
Government logic states that if you have the money to live in a high-rise building, you must also have the funds to purchase a drier. Playing the devil’s advocate, it might be able to see where Najib is coming from, even though I don’t entirely agree with his views. As the article states, our deputy [...]