Articles / 08.07.2020
Shattered dreams of reformasi?
To say this is failing to understand reformasi and underestimates the sentiments and political shifts taking place on the ground...
Articles / 21.06.2020
‘Old normal’ returns to Chini?
While considered a sure-win for PN, focus will be on support for Najib, Umno and Muafakat Nasional....
Some point symbolically to the masks the parliamentarians were wearing as silencing their voices....
Articles / 07.03.2020
Dissolution: Bubar menjadi bubur?
How the parties will fare should Parliament be dissolved....
Articles / 02.03.2020
Irony and opportunity in the power grab
The opposite of what most Malaysians voted for has happened....
Taken from malaysiakini.com With the final legal appeal decided on Friday and nominations yesterday, the year begins with the 10th by-election since GE14 – Kimanis in Sabah. Located on the west coast of the state, this parliamentary seat has traditionally been an Umno stronghold – and was claimed by former foreign minister Anifah Aman and...
Articles, News & Commentary / 06.08.2018
Cautions from Sungai Kandis
Taken from malaysiakini.com Pakatan Harapan won its first by-election since taking over the government in Sungai Kandis. PKR candidate ustaz Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni defeated (former premier) Najib (Abdul Razak’s) loyalist and Umno supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam. Harapan won with a comfortable majority of 5,830 votes for the incumbent PKR in a straight...
Reviews and comments on the book, “The End of UMNO?: Essays on Malaysia’s dominant party” ─ a collection of essays written together with John Funston, Clive Kessler, James Chin....
Articles / 21.06.2016
The June by-elections and the politics of losing
The by-election results for Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar are in. Umno held onto their seats, and increased its majorities....
Articles, News & Commentary / 28.10.2008
Malaysia’s democratic pause
Malaysian politics is at present an intriguing mixture of stasis and flux. The most high-profile issue in September-October 2008 has been the failure of leading opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim to deliver his promise to find enough numbers to create a majority in parliament and as a result create a more...