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What slows down our nation’s economy? It is everything!

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Well, when we ask the above question to many people, many will definitely point their fingers at the present government on their “failure” to address and prevent the current economic downturn and the rising inflation. This is natural for people to voice their frustration and anger of not being able to accept the rising cost of living, inflation and job losses at the current government. Many did not know exactly or did not even bother of wanting to know where such hardships were originated from and why did it happened in the first place. According to economist, Professor Jomo Sundaram, Malaysians should be prepared to brace for tougher times ahead as the economy is beset by mainly the current trade war between the United States and communist China. Besides those external factors, some are also blaming the current situation on the relentless attacks on the previous BN government by the then PH opposition when the then BN has to stop their planning for our nation’s economic futur...

Fight factional politics with decent policies

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Factional politics within political parties are common. From the strongest political parties to the weakest or smallest political parties, factions are deemed to exist in every of these political organisations. From UMNO, MCA, MIC, PBB, SUPP, SPDP, PRS, PBS, to PKR, DAP, PAS, AMANAH, BERSATU, and furthermore PSM, PRM, PCM, BERJASA, IKATAN, IPF, KIMMA, MCC and many more. Factions do exist in all these political parties. This cannot be denied. Any party leaders who deny the existence of such are merely denying the fact that in politics, one needs to achieve its competitiveness in order to gain power. In the recent incident, one after another allegation, sexual allegations emerged with sex videos, followed by a doctored confession of an alleged homosexual relationship aimed to discredit a leader of one faction within a political party. Yes, in the beginning, when the news appeared, it became a nationwide headline, where everyone of us started to enjoy talking and discussing about it, a...