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            After the political game of musical chairs is over, and a new unity government is formed, it is time for the new cabinet to focus on the country's sluggish economy.           As Anwar Ibrahim has put it, the new government will not be known as a PH government.           We like to see a more stable government to both inspire confidence in the people and foreign investors.  The new government should continue to run the country for the next five years before another general election is called.           No more musical chairs, please! Instead, look for a formula that can avoid another parliamentary impasse. Already this has happened twice, when a clear formula could have prevented such recurrence. Stop the Culture of Betrayal          Since the Anti-Hopping Law was passed, this has helped to address the problem of frogs and ...

            Di Malaysia Barat, selepas saja video Muhyiddin Yasin diwarwarkan menyebut tentang agenda Yahudi dan Kristianisasi, Majlis Perundingan Agama Buddha, Kristian, Hindu, Sikh dan Tao Malaysia (MCCBCHST) terus mengeluarkan kenyataan akhbar berkenaan dengan komen-komen mantan perdana menteri tersebut.           Sebagai seorang ketua Perikatan Nasional (PN) yang ingin menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia, komen tersebut adalah amat tidak sensitif langsung terhadap rakyat berbilang kaum dan ugama.           Sekiranya ingin meraih undi orang Melayu, Muhyiddin perlu sedar bahawa komen-komen beliau yang tidak berasas sebegini adalah sangat merbahaya dan akan menyinggungkan perasaan pengundi-pengundi terutama sekali di Sabah dan Sarawak.           Kemungkinan besar kerana komen-komen sebeginilah yang menyebabkan ramai juga orang Kristian yang pada awalnya berni...

  By Stephen Ng  Tuanku, Ampuni patik kerana patik ini seorang hamba Marhaen yang tidak ada sebarang pangkat mahupun mempunyai kekayaan walaupun patik hampir di akhir riwayat patik. Patik terpanggil untuk menulis surat ini untuk meluahkan apa yang terbuku di  dada selama ini berkenaan dengan perkembangan politik negara ini di mana perkara yang luarbiasa boleh berlaku seolah-olah kita tidak lagi mendengar hati nurani lagi. Ya, Tuanku, walaupun PRU ke15 dijalankan musim tengkujuh, ramai rakyat keluar mengundi bersama-sama kerana PRU ini amat penting kepada masa depan negara selepas lebih 60 tahun di bawah Barisan Nasional (BN), Pakatan Harapan (PH) selama 22 bulan di bawah pimpinan mantan perdana menteri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, serta masa yang singkat di bawah pimpinan Muhyiddin Yasin dan Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Dalam Pilihanraya Umum   (PRU) ke15 baru-baru ini, blok terbesar adalah blok Pakatan Harapan (PH) dengan 82 kerusi, sementara Perikatan Nasional (PH) se...

  (Press, please feel free to use this post) By Stephen Ng            WITH the 15th General Elections (GE15) currently underway, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has to make an important decision to decide who will be the 10th Malaysian prime minister, more so in the event of a hung Parliament.           Currently, there are several possible scenarios of how the GE15 will pan out.           Given the tight race, the chances of a hung parliament are high especially, with so many parties and collations out there wooing voters. This eventually makes it a tall order for the three main coalitions – Barisan Nasional (BN), Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) – to gain a two-thirds majority.           At a glance, many candidates are bound to lose their deposits – especially the indies (independent candidates) who are “mosquito p...

          In GE15, I noticed that candidates have played on the need for MPs to be on the ground with the people.           For example, my childhood neighbour whom I have not met for over 50 years, Syed Razak Alsagoff puts on a pair of yellow boots to make a statement: "Don't play play with this MP."            Somehow the MPs in Pakatan Harapan have been fed a flawed understanding of their role out as national lawmakers, which causes a total disconnect with the constituents in some cases . I have personally experienced this with Tony Pua, when he became the MP of Damansara.         In the past, it was because a number of MPs and State Assemblymen from Barisan Nasional had been living in their own bubbles that caused many of us to work hard to kick them out.          It is not because I am picking on him, but his is an extreme example, ...

  This video has been in circulation lately.               Constitutional monarchs are supposed to be above politics. However, in this video, we see the Sultan of Perak,  Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah  unapologetically mentioning Pakatan Harapan (PH) in his royal address.                If the speaker were an ordinary senior government officer, he would have faced the disciplinary committee, but the fact that this came from the sultan himself speaks volume about the PH administration.                  It is very rare that  His Royal Highness would give the credit mention to a particular coalition unless he is truly satisfied with the PH government.  Credit to whom credit is due.                 While I will continue to openly chastise the PH leaders especially PH in Sela...

  Only those who are blind supporters will praise such a lawmaker saying that he managed to save a lot of space by having five toilets in one cubicle. I don't want to be a bootlicker.

 

  000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Dr Mahathir Mohamad needs to think about the future of Malaysians, not just the survival of his own family.           One of the key people in stirring up the racial riot in 1969, Dr Mahathir is now in his 90s. He should at least try to behave like a statesman, rather than further destroying the country's future.           From my observations, he is not only heckled by Pakatan Harapan supporters whom he betrayed, he is also criticised a lot in Umno / Pas chat groups.           A few things he should realise are:               * The politics of the country have changed since Reformasi in 1998. It is no longer the same as in the past, where the Internet did not exist and information was controlled by the government.           * He is no longer relevant in Malaysia...

 Yeo Bee Yin will most likely win the Puchong parliamentary seat hands-down.                          The other candidates are not worth looking at. With the current wind of change blowing across the country, Puchong will once again be in the hands of Pakatan Harapan.           Just looking at the 2013 and 2018 results, there is no reason to believe that Puchong has swung towards Perikatan Nasional or Barisan Nasional.          It is possible that the well-known Uncle Kentang may even lose his deposit, based on the sentiments of the people choosing either Anwar Ibrahim (PH) or Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (BN) as the 10th Prime Minister.           So, her initials YBY will still remain, Yang Berhormat Yeo.      Damansara          In Damansara, Gobind Singh Deo's winning the seat is also very goo...

  Photo credit: The Sun                Siti Kassim may think that she has a good chance to win in the Batu Constituency but, although well-known to both the Chinese and Indian community, Siti's reputation with the Malay-Muslim electorate is anything but encouraging.                Cleopatra's reputation may win her some votes, but not strong enough to win the seat. Her engagement with the community before GE15 is what people will gauge.              The same goes with the other Independents. They are neither here nor there. In fact, they are `toads' that likely to jump from one coalition to another compared to the political frogs, who are now controlled by the Anti-Hopping Law. (click on the toad to read)               Tian Chua's return as another Independent may garner some votes from either Pakatan Harapan ...