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Author: Francis Paul Siah

An unelected government is untenable

Down to the present day — the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions. – Randal Marlin, Canadian philosophy professor 2020 is a year when several unprecedented incidents took place in our country. Covid-19 was unavoidable, call it “an act of God”

It’s our duty to help the needy

Practice being selfless. You end up getting more than you anticipate when your soul is giving. – Anonymous Imagine this. You only have to pay 10 sen for a taxi ride, RM1 for a funeral hearse, RM1 for an ambulance and RM1 to spend the night in a transit home,

Darling, I just love your money

I’m scammed almost every day. Or, if not scammed, at the very least someone tries to scam me. Usually more than once a day. – James Altucher, American author Many of us would have posed this question on the subject of love scam. When it is so common and well-publicised

No end to Azmin-Anwar rivalry

Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason. — José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese writer Some two months ago, I was chatting with a minister on the never-ending politicking taking place in the country. There were some statements I’ve made which he disagreed

Sabah polls over, let’s move on

The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society. – Paul Krugman, American economist By about 9pm on Saturday night, most of us could sense it was all over for Warisan Plus. At that time, Sabah’s ruling coalition garnered only 19 seats while

Don’t get overly excited about elections

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate. – Orson Welles, American actor With election fever in the air, I guess many of us have been asked these familiar questions. This is

Political frogs must be voted out

Party-hopping MPs distort the outcome of the previous general election — and that is intolerable. – Selwyn Manning, former New Zealand government press secretary You want to take a gamble in politics by switching allegiances. Then, be prepared for the consequences. It really does not matter much if you are

Why the police report against PAS MP

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. – Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist Last Thursday, some of my colleagues in Kuching lodged a police report against the PAS Pasir Puteh MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh for his

After Slim defeat, what now for Pejuang?

I think a leader should know how to read the people’s thoughts and gauge whether their time is up.   – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, two-time prime minister I do realise it isn’t nice, unfair even, to pour cold water on a political party that has not even been registered.

Why I wrote the ‘Hijack in Malaysia’ book

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. – Stephen King, American author I returned to Kuching, a city which I’m always proud to call my beloved kampung, and spent the whole of July to write