Politics

Mahathir firm with Shafie as PM designate despite PH choosing Anwar

By Emmanuel Samarathisa | | Featured, Politics

FORMER prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his men have brooked no refusal in Sabah Chief Minister Shafie Apdal for prime minister designate,...

Al Jazeera defends report on Malaysian migrant arrests amid outrage

By Reuters | | Featured, Politics

NEWS broadcaster Al Jazeera has rejected allegations by Malaysian authorities that a documentary it aired last week about the arrest of...

Political reforms important in GLC revamp, say experts

By Emmanuel Samarathisa | | Featured, Mainstream, Politics

BURSA Malaysia Bhd chairman Abdul Wahid Omar yesterday mooted a review and replication of of the successes of the Government-Linked Companies...

Muhyiddin seeks to replace Dewan Rakyat speaker, deputy

By FocusM | | Politics

PRIME Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to table motions seeking to remove current Dewan Rakyat speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof and his deputy...

Report: EC chief named Dewan Rakyat speaker

By Xavier Kong | | Featured, Politics

ELECTION Commission (EC) chairman Azhar Azizan Harun has been nominated for the post of Dewan Rakyat speaker, and has since tendered his...

Shafie Apdal neither the PM we deserve nor need

By Emmanuel Samarathisa | | Featured, Opinion, Politics

SABAH Chief Minister Shafie Apdal is the opposition’s prime minister designate. He must be over the moon right now because finally someone had the...

I didn’t nominate Mukhriz for DPM2, says Mahathir

By Xavier Kong | | Featured, Mainstream, Politics

FORMER prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has denied nominating his son Mukhriz Mahathir as deputy prime minister 2 (DPM2), instead pointing to...

No deals with Bersatu’s Hamzah, warn Amanah, DAP

By FocusM | | Featured, Politics

ANY Pakatan Harapan (PH) Plus coalition that excludes Sabah’s Warisan and Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s faction will not be possible, said Amanah and DAP...

Mahathir prepared to end ties with PKR in bid to be PM

By | | Featured, Politics

Dr Mahathir Mohamad has issued an ultimatum that he is prepared to end relations with PKR if the party continued to oppose his nomination for the...

Citing ‘vested interests’, former minister wants foreign workers’ report be made public

By | | Featured, Mainstream, Politics

PUTRAJAYA must make public the report on the management of foreign workers as “not a single recommendation has been implemented to date,” said...

Riza’s DNAA ‘unique’, Mahathir says in jibe at Najib

By | | Politics

RIZA Shahriz Abdul Aziz’s discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in money laundering is “unique”, said former prime minister Dr Mahathir...

Let Malaysians decide, Perikatan or Pakatan, says Ismail Sabri

By FocusM | | Featured, Politics

TO cement its hold on Putrajaya, Perikatan Nasional (PN) should call for a snap election to boost its thin majority, Umno vice-president Ismail...

The cockamamie idea of a prime minister for six months

By FocusM | | Opinion, Politics

By Dennis Ignatius DO DAP leaders like Anthony Loke ever listen to themselves when they talk about their cockamamie plans to cling to Dr Mahathir’s...

PKR rejects Mahathir as prime minister candidate, backs Anwar

By Emmanuel Samarathisa | | Featured, Politics

PKR is standing by its leader Anwar Ibrahim as Pakatan Harapan’s prime minister candidate, rejecting Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Citing “Harapan’s...

Noh Omar resigns as MISC chairman after meeting with PM

By FocusM | | Featured, Mainstream, Politics

TANJONG Karang MP Tan Sri Noh Omar has resigned as MISC chairman, little over a fortnight after he was appointed on June 1. The former minister...

Team Mahathir fails to obtain ad interim injunction

By FocusM | | Featured, Politics

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and five others have failed to obtain an ad interim injunction at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today in a...

22 reasons why Mahathir must not be the next PM

By P Gunasegaram | | Opinion, Politics

By P Gunasegaram WHY this article? Because there has been a raucous cry for Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to be installed as the prime minister yet again...

Think tank concerned over Parit MP’s appointment as LPPKN chair

By Xavier Kong | | Featured, Politics

Parit MP Mohd Nizar Zakaria’s (pic) appointment as the chairman of the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) raises concerns as...