Politik, Legislatif, Dasar dan Tadbir Urus

"Talking about reform in PAS, is it possible? For decades, they have been harping over religion and race from one end to the other end, and start from the beginning again after having gone circling around for so long. The question here is, are they ready to face the realities of today?" This, according to them, is because the party's current model of politics is no longer appropriate in today's global political reality. The political observers predicted that with the pro-ulama faction growing stronger, the upcoming party polls will see the professionals in the Islamist party soundly defeated. As such, delegates will have to either vote for the professionals - so that they can fully lead the party - or isolate themselves from the ulama to form a new party before later joining Pakatan Rakyat partners, PKR and DAP, and other civil movements. This is one of the exit plans that needed to be considered by the professionals in the party after the much anticipated 61st...

Malaysia’s embattled prime minister provoked fierce criticism Friday by not attending an event at which he was to defend himself over an escalating scandal threatening to engulf his administration. Prime Minister Najib Razak had been expected to use the public forum to hit back at critics of a state-owned development company he launched that is reeling under billions of dollars of debt and accusations of fraud. But after 89-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad — the chief voice pushing for Najib’s ouster over the affair — showed up to speak at the event, police ordered it shut down, citing unspecified “public order and national harmony” concerns. Political opponents and Malaysia’s active social-media scene accused Najib of engineering the cancellation to avoid facing his main accuser in public. “He lost an opportunity to win over support for himself, to explain everything… that no money is missing,” Mahathir was quoted saying by The Malaysian Insider news portal. ...