Should the Senate be a back door into the Cabinet?
The questions is not whether Senators can be admitted into the cabinet. To that question, the answer is obvious. They can be. The question is: what should be their qualifications?
Read MoreThe questions is not whether Senators can be admitted into the cabinet. To that question, the answer is obvious. They can be. The question is: what should be their qualifications?
Read MoreThe facts emerging from Sabah get murkier by the hour. If their resignation has been accepted, then they will lose their seats. Yet, unless the Speaker follows the procedure in Article 49A, one cannot ‘automatically knock out' the four Sabah MPs. Truth will out.
Read MoreCorruption is enmeshed throughout the Government. It cannot be ripped out without damaging the nation. Can kleptocrats be allowed to return what they stole, and let off with a minor punishment? Could only the recalcitrant and the greedy be subjected to naming, shaming? Should their family and friends, who helped in corruption, be punished?
Read MoreRight now, before it is too late.
Read MoreAfter a meteoric rise, and tragic incarceration, Malaysia's new, and 10th prime minister Anwar, is poised to lead. But his path is strewn with hidden pitfalls and ripples with hissing vipers. Difficult days lie ahead.
Read MoreIf no party, or coalition, has the minimum number of 112 MPs, then the King is required, by legal convention, to invite the leader of the coalition with the largest bloc of MPs, to form a Government.
Read MoreHas PKR lost its Padang Serai seat? Answer: No. The election for that constituency has to be postponed. The previous nominations stand. New nominations can be made.
Read MoreThere are several things Najib can do. But first things first.
Read MoreYou know what a ‘whitewash’ is, don’t you? You know what a ‘whitewash’ is. That is when the truth is swept under the carpet.
Read MoreWhat does any creature need for a good quality of life?
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