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A Jolting Autopsy On Malaysia’s Recent Elections

As widely expected, Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional last weekend swept to a resounding victory in elections in the populous southern state of Johor across the strait from Singapore, taking 48 of 56 seats and leaving its rival, Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan coalition, with just eight, compounding the prime minister’s hopes to stay in power on the national level in general elections to be held before February 17, 2028
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Why Is The PKR Selangor Govt Alienating Non-Muslim Voters?

In this season of the World Cup it looks like the Selangor PKR government is hell-bent on scoring its own goals ahead of probable early elections which may be held in the coming months, although some think the PM may try to go full term
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From 1MDB to Madani: History Repeats Itself

Malaysia’s political memory is long enough to remember how quickly reformist promise can curdle into scandal when power becomes entangled
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Reformasi Or Reformati? The Collapse Of Meritocracy In PKR

It doesn’t take a doctoral thesis on the sociology of cronyism and nepotism to recognise that Nurul Izzah’s recent victory as Deputy President of PKR was heavily influenced by her status as the daughter of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the party’s President
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PKR Could Be The Big Loser In GE16

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s visit with his entourage to meet with Russian President Putin in the Kremlin had the optics of the "jago kampong" (village hero) coming to town
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Malaysia’s Confusing Foreign Policy

When Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim announced and personally thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his invitation to personally join the BRICS Summit in Kazan
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Budget 2023: More Madani Than Reformasi!

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-I must say Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has had good blessings and a relatively easy task in preparing, or rather revising, Budget 2023.

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CME Concerned On Appointment Of Nurul Izzah Anwar As Senior Adviser

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-The Center for Market Education (CME) expresses serious concerns about the fact that PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar has been appointed as a senior adviser to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on economics and finance.

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Malaysia’s Economy In On Life Support

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-On 10 Feb 2021, I wrote an opinion piece justifying why Malaysia’s economic life is terminally ill based on the sub-headings - corruption on the precipice, economy bleeding, and fiscals sucked dry.

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It’s A Cabinet Of Uninspiring Compromise!

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--On 29th November, I wrote this article captioned ‘Unity government: Will ‘rakyat’ be sacrificed for political expediency’. 

 
 
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Would Pakatan Harapan Win GE15?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--As the tempo for a Pakatan Harapan (PH) win rises, we have the associated intellectuals pleading with voters to exercise their democratic vote to seal the deal for the coalition. We even had one top legal mind articulating that constitutionally the party with the most MPs should be called to form the government the very next day.

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Maaf Ismail, Debat Adalah Budaya Kita

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Alasan Ismail Sabri Yaakob untuk elak berdebat di kalangan calon Perdana Menteri PRU-15 adalah "debat bukan budaya kita."

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