Analysis

Johor has delivered more than a state election result — it has sent a powerful political message to Putrajaya. The scale of Barisan Nasional's victory suggests that voters were motivated less by political rhetoric and more by concerns over the rising cost of living, governance and leadership, making the election a significant barometer of national sentiment.

As the tenth anniversary of the South China Sea arbitral award approaches, renewed efforts are underway to portray the ruling as the definitive legal framework for resolving disputes in the South China Sea. Some governments, advocacy groups and foreign policy commentators are expected to use the anniversary to reinforce a particular narrative about the dispute and its implications for the region. Yet, before Malaysians accept such narratives at face value, it is worth revisiting the legal questions that continue to surround the award ten years after it was issued. Lawyer Nor Hisham Mohd Nor writes in Part 1.

Negeri Sembilan 5 June Meet, by itself, cannot resolve Civilisational Crisis (Part 2).

DAP spent decades calling Umno racist. Now the party, part of the Unity Government, is silent on the very policies it once condemned

The national unemployment rate may look steady, but for families in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur facing sudden job loss, the reality feels far less secure.

Remarks by Tony Pua may be constitutionally framed. But reducing the monarchy to its narrowest legal role risks misunderstanding the very Constitution he invokes.

Umno is preparing to repackage itself as a competent party ready to run government as a ‘professional administration’ based on history and traditions.

The public break between Anwar and Rafizi exposes that the so-called reformist project by PKR died in government, leaving BN the only party offering coherence.

In law, judicial review asks whether the decision-maker considered irrelevant factors, ignored relevant ones, acted in bad faith or reached a conclusion no reasonable authority could reach (Part 2).

Eight years, and then some. GE14 toppled one government. Since then, we’ve had four prime ministers, BN is back in Cabinet, and reforms are stuck in committee.

From Enron to Carillion, corporate failures have shown that shared decisions carry shared consequences. The SRC civil case ruling raises a difficult question — why does that principle appear unevenly applied?

The Royal Pardon is not about erasing guilt or defying the courts, but about mercy. The rejection of the King’s Addendum raises troubling questions about the Agong’s constitutional role, the silence of the Rulers, and UMNO’s place in a unity government that now appears comfortable celebrating humiliation.