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Opposing Factions?

It may not be the wisest thing for me to comment on internal politics of Pakatan parties, but I thought a few words might not be remiss.

It’s not rare for people to assume parties to be monolithic things; the truth is very, very far from it.

All organisations have factions and internal politics. You can imagine [...]

The need for professional security details

update 3.30pm: See the official party response.

As per my new occupation, I am no longer working in any formal capacity for the party. I continue to support its general goals and principles, to be sure.

But where change is needed, change needs to be called for.

The situation involving the harassment of a photographer is inexcusable and [...]

Lee Kah Choon’s significance: The Beginning of the End for BN

I thought about the appropriateness of writing more at this time, but then reread this paragraph:

Even to his final day, Rustam wrote from morning to dusk, said his son Azrani.

“From the time he wakes up, he would start writing. He was very dedicated to the importance of ideas and the need to raise social conciousness.”

And [...]

Introducing Ketuanan Rakyat, Thoughts on Putrajaya

I think between Ketuanan Melayu ala Umnoputera and Ketuanan Rakyat ala Rakyat, the choice for many of us is clear. Once again however, I cannot stress enough the importance of allaying the understandable fears and concerns of many reasonable Malays – if you haven’t, do take a look at my long elaboration on this matter.

I’ve [...]

Pakatan Rakyat

For those fans out there of better interparty unity, good news :)

Good news too for the rest of us who were so at loss about what to call the 5 new state governments :)

Statement by the Leadership of KeADILan, DAP and PAS on the Formation of Pakatan Rakyat

The leaders of KeADILan, DAP and PAS [...]

Perak Calm After the Storm?

Well, it’s generally poor form to say “I told you so” :P :)

And who knows, it may still be premature. As dad says, a deal isn’t done until the money changes hands.

Nonetheless. Dr. Syed Husin has confirmed that an agreement has been reached in Perak :D

MB: Pas
TMB1: DAP
TMB2: KeADILan

Exco Total -
DAP: 6
KeADILan: 3
Pas: 1

Senator: 1 [...]

Perak Keyword of the Day: Administration

Everyone is so easily excitable these days, but few take the time to see the full, accurate picture. For your patient consideration, here is the text of Dr. Syed’s statement in full (highlights are my own) -

KeADILan’s Position on Perak

Parti Keadilan Rakyat accepts the decision to elect PAS State Assemblyman, Sdr. Ir Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin [...]

Flash: Perak situation resolved!

Malaysiakini:

The crisis which developed yesterday over the appointment of a PAS menteri besar in a DAP-led Perak state assembly seemed to have been resolved today.

DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang who rejected the appointment of a PAS candidate today apologised for any offence caused to the Perak royalty over his statement.

This was followed by state DAP [...]

Weathering Perak – The Old vs The New

A recent comment on my blog:

Hey Nat,

I was much entertained by your article :

http://jelas.info/2008/02/19/abdullah-wants-you-to-believe-him/

Hope things won’t go in that direction for you to plead / tell the rakyat to have faith.

I must confess to have found the comment entertaining as well :)

It sparked off a small episode of soul searching with regards to this [...]

Anwar & Credibility – Which millennium will we belong to?

Way back when, Tian and gang predicted that there would be an onslaught on Anwar’s character during the elections.

True enough, the first pawns (prawns?) have been sent into the battle. At the risk of being repetitive, I think most of my beliefs on this matter were expressed once again by Dr. Syed.

It is worth [...]

Anwar Not Appealing to Malays? Let Pictures do the Talking

Hot off my recent blog posts, Mr. Baradan strikes again. I said some nice things about him in the previous post, and I stand by them 100%.

I have to say that in his latest Malaysiakini article though, I must take exception to some of his reporting. Particularly these:

To change a government you need critical [...]

The real face of Malaysia

I finally made it out to a ceramah Tuesday night. Usually I’m too exhausted by that time of the day, but this time it was just across the street from office.

It was good :)

I was really curious to get a feel of the crowd so I slipped in and through the crowd, trying to gauge [...]

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