Bagi Najib Masa
Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak perlu diberi peluang serta ruang secukupnya bagi menyelesaikan segala masalah tertangguh dalam hubungan dua hala Malaysia dan Singapura dalam membawa manfaat kepada negara untuk tempoh jangka masa panjang.
Sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib sudah pasti mempunyai kebijaksanaan dalam membuat rundingan dengan Singapura yang selama ini, gagal dilakukan pemimpin terdahulu termasuk Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Kenapa perlu beri tekanan kepada Perdana Menteri, saya yakin beliau tahu apa yang dilakukan dan ia dibuktikan dengan kenyataan segera bahawa kerajaan akan mengkaji pembinaan jambatan sebaik mendapat titah Sultan Johor, Sabtu lalu.
Sibu, Sara-whacked
This article previously appeared in The Malaysian Insider.
Barisan Nasional’s (BN) loss of the Sibu Parliamentary seat did not surprise me. After all, BN had lost the seat to the DAP once before in 1982.
I wrote an analysis of the political situation in Sarawak in this column last year and had pointed to the successful transition from the chief minister to a younger, credible leader with less baggage as the key to rejuvenating the Sarawak BN political leadership.
Bring back the heroes
This article first appeared in The Malaysian Insider.
My mother used to scold me when I was young for watching too many cop shows on television. She didn’t understand why I wasted my time watching them and devoted less time on my studies.
The cop shows were exciting and taught me many of life’s lessons I would not have gathered at home.
All because of you, Najib
This article first appeared in The Malaysian Insider.
The Barisan Nasional won the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat last Sunday.
The election victory was supposed to be a foregone conclusion as the constituency is nestled in the middle of the Umno rural heartland of southern Perak and northern Selangor where the party grassroots machinery is formidable and the Pakatan Rakyat branch network is sparse.
Bad Boys
This article previously appeared in The Malaysian Insider.
The schoolchildren were excited and laughing out loud in Parliament yesterday. I don’t blame them because the Dewan Rakyat proceedings took a nasty turn yesterday.
The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs disrupted the proceedings in the Parliament by manipulating procedures of the sitting to attempt to refer the Pasir Salak MP to the Privileges Committee for a fair remark.
They delayed debates by frequently demanding unnecessary votes by poll which was won by Barisan Nasional (BN) with a large margin. Their actions just wasted time and prevented key legislation from being approved.
Najib’s ‘Year of Living Dangerously’
This article previously appeared in The Malaysian Insider.
As a son of a former dedicated party man and minister, I understand the almost impossible task of emulating a legacy in politics.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Najib Abdul Razak is still struggling to shake off the public’s comparison with his great statesman father, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein after a year in office.
Datuk Seri Najib can draw a few similarities with the enormous task at hand confronting his late father 40 years ago.
Straight Up
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Sibu, Sara-whackedThis article previously appeared in The Malaysian Insider. Barisan Nasional’s (BN) loss of the Sibu Parliamentary seat did not surprise...
Bring back the heroesThis article first appeared in The Malaysian Insider. My mother used to scold me when I was young for watching too many cop shows on...
All because of you, NajibThis article first appeared in The Malaysian Insider. The Barisan Nasional won the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat last Sunday. The...
Bad BoysThis article previously appeared in The Malaysian Insider. The schoolchildren were excited and laughing out loud in Parliament yesterday....
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