Archive for March, 2008
Mahathir Berjiwa Resah
Sepanjang kempen pilihan raya lalu Anwar tidak lagi menyentuh dan mengungkit perisitwa sejarah hitam yang Dr Mahathir calarkan ke atasnya. Semuanya Anwar pingirkan dari ingatannya. Bagi Anwar Dr Mahathir sudah lama berada di barzah politik.
Asia Votes for Change
For a region that isn’t exactly a hotbed of democracy, it’s rather remarkable that these days from Kuala Lumpur to Taipei the cocktail conversation seems to revolve only around political change. Prodded by a growing realization that the world is passing them by, voters in many of East Asia’s laggard economies are either throwing out [...]
Mahathir in state of denial
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad defended his 22-year leadership as his successor faces a backlash over the ruling coalition’s recent shocking poll losses.
The Barisan Nasional (BN) government coalition was delivered a stunning blow in March 8 general elections, ceding five states and a third of parliamentary seats to the previously [...]
Grace under fire
SHE was a talkative Convent schoolgirl in Alor Star, then a medical student (and part-time sales girl) in Europe, and now she is the first woman Opposition leader-designate of Parliament in Malaysia’s history.
It’s been quite a journey for Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, 55, president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).
In what we come [...]
One Foot In The Doors
PETALING JAYA (March 26, 2008): Despite a bad back and fatigue from two weeks of criss-crossing the nation, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) de-facto leader and former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is all smiles, following the alternative front’s unprecedented performance in the recent general election and his impending return to active politics.
He tells [...]
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