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About time for anti-hopping laws

KUCHING: A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Gerak Independent (GI), has urged Parliament to enact the long overdue anti-hopping laws. It also urged Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and all political parties to be more stringent in its due diligence to ensure that only candidates with integrity and competency were fielded in the next general elections. GI made […]

IQ – influence quotient

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The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. — Kenneth Blanchard, American author We are nothing but sacrificial animals being constantly, redundantly, and mercilessly influenced by family and community including a government-controlled educational system. This is our fate, willy-nilly, from womb to tomb. The conditioning is justified because we are engaged in a […]

Pandemic should be the common enemy

BETONG: The people are disgusted with the antics of a handful of politicians who are seen to prioritise the issue of change in the federal ruling coalition and the struggle for the prime minister’s post while the country is still facing an unprecedented health threat from the Covid-19 pandemic. Many feel that the politicians concerned […]

New parties not a threat

BETONG: The existence of new political parties would not threaten the prevailing unity and harmony among PBB members in Kabong constituency. Giving this assurance, Kabong assemblyman Mohd Chee Kadir said the people would not be easily cowed into believing rhetoric by the parties concerned. “As of now, only PBB-led GPS is seen as the party […]

Politics should be a vocation

I believe many of you will agree when I state here that we normally pay scant or no attention to what unknown politicians like defeated electoral candidates say or do. We are more likely to listen attentively to selected speeches and statements of ministers and elected representatives and dissect their words too, if they are […]

PM gives priority to welfare, economic recovery

TANGKAK: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he did not want to touch on political issues for the time being. Instead, the prime minister said he wanted to focus on his priorities, namely, the welfare of the people and efforts to revitalise the country’s economy which was impacted following the Covid-19 pandemic. Muhyiddin said this when […]

Fearsome freedoms

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Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. — George Orwell, English novelist The biggest freedom every human being enjoys is the freedom of thought. The power, authority, luxury and right to think good, bad, ugly, reprehensible, joyful, awesome, awful, hateful, or beautiful […]

Mourning loss of our police heroes

Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. — George Orwell, English novelist and journalist June 7, 1974 will go down as one of Malaysia’s saddest days when Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim was gunned down at the Jalan […]

‘Settle down and move on’

KUCHING: Bringing up a vote of no confidence against newly appointed Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in the upcoming Parliament sitting on May 18 will only open up old wounds and create a new political crisis, said political analyst Datuk Peter Minos. He said that Malaysians were fed up of political crises and would […]

‘National interests, Sarawak’s rights first’

KUCHING: Any decision made by Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to help end the ongoing political crisis in the country will prioritise national interests and Sarawak’s rights, said its chairman Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said GPS would take a cautious approach when making any decision pertaining to the crisis. GPS does not support any leadership which […]