Just a day after Pakatan Harapan retained the supermajority by winning the Pulai seat in Johor in a by-election last month, MUDA president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman suddenly announced hi… Read More
Former Penang deputy chief minister II – Dr. P Ramasamy – is negotiating terms in his next political journey to join opposition Bersatu after quitting DAP last month. Immediately… Read More
If Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is convicted of corruption, the Unity Government being led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will crumble and collapse. Zahid, who is the president of UMNO, the Malay nat… Read More
PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang told all and sundry that Anwar-led Unity Government could collapse if Opposition Perikatan Nasional wins the upcoming Pulai parliamentary by-election. Exactly… Read More
Saravanan Murugan, the Member of Parliament for Tapah since 2008, was appointed as the Secretary in MIC Federal Territory by former MIC president Samy Vellu in 1997. He had also served as de… Read More
Unable to persuade UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to ditch 10th Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Opposition Perikatan Nasional had tried – and failed – to topple Zahid during the… Read More
Something incredibly funny is happening in the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS – Parti Islam Se-Malaysia). The desperate opposition party is so hungry for power that it was redu… Read More
Article 3 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia says Islam is the religion of the Federation, but other religions can be practiced in peace and harmony in any part of the Federation. What… Read More
Incarcerated Najib Razak was only 69 years old when he spent his first night as the Kajang Prison Complex’s newest inmate on August 23, 2022. He created history as the first former pri… Read More
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi appeared to have consolidated his power after UMNO’s internal elections in March that saw the majority of his loyalists won top posts in the party. The results breat… Read More
He could say and do anything he likes, including insulting and belittling all the nine Malay Rulers. And he certainly could instigate social unrest with seditious statements to the point of… Read More
Having tasted blood, it’s extremely hard for Parti Islam Se-Malaysia, the most radical and extremist political party in the country, to return to the opposition. Its president, Abdul H… Read More
Azmin Ali’s announcement that he’s taking a break from politics has certainly raised some eyebrows. After failing to defend his Gombak parliamentary seat in the recent Nov 2022 G… Read More
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) hopes it could be allocated some Chinese-majority seats in the coming state elections. Three states under the administration of Pakatan Harapan – Se… Read More
After the 2018 General Election, which saw the stunning defeat of the ruling Barisan Nasional after 61 years of one-party rule, the political landscape has changed. For the first time since… Read More
When Mahiaddin Yassin snatched power through the backdoor in Feb 2020, the democratically-elected Pakatan Harapan government collapsed. Except Selangor, Penang and Negeri Sembilan, the coali… Read More
The president of Warisan stated that the Sabah and Sarawak electoral bloc may be realised if local parties are given the mandate in GE15.KOTA KINABALU: The formation of a Borneo bloc c… Read More
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim does not have much time left in his quest for the Iron Throne. He would be 80 years old in the next 16th General Election. Like any other heavyweights, the pr… Read More
Nobody knows what the current government is called. Is it still the hastily and loosely glued backdoor Perikatan Nasional (PN) government formed by former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, ev… Read More
For better or worse, the collapse of democratically elected Pakatan Harapan government after just 22 months came at a time when Malaysia was about to enter a series of political, economic, f… Read More
Author: Francis E Hutchinson, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Long characterised by ‘stability’ and excessive concentration of power, Malaysia’s politics have become fluid and… Read More