Tag: Anwar Ibrahim

The exit of former PKR strongmen Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi has exposed a party still struggling to define itself in power

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

BN is going solo in Johor. Without Najib, and now with a united PH, repeating 2022’s landslide victory may be a bit of an uphill task.

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.

Anwar’s relationship with Mahathir cannot be restored, betrayal even if forgiven, was never forgotten based on lack of loyalty (Part 1).

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.

Delays in issuing written grounds of judgment are not uncommon in complex cases. But when such delays extend well beyond established timelines, do they begin to affect an accused person’s ability to exercise a meaningful right of appeal?

Adendum Diraja yang mengandungi pengampunan berbentuk tahanan rumah bagi Perdana Menteri ke-6 Malaysia bukan tentang membatalkan kesalahan atau menentang mahkamah, tetapi tentang ihsan. Penolakan Adendum Diraja menimbulkan persoalan serius mengenai peranan perlembagaan Yang di-Pertuan Agong, sikap berdiam diri Raja-Raja Melayu, dan kedudukan UMNO dalam kerajaan perpaduan yang kini kelihatan selesa meraikan penghinaan.

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.

Najib Razak’s downfall in 2018 was seen as Malaysia’s great reset. But with Sarawak rising, Sabah drifting, PAS gaining strength, and Madani struggling to win trust, the question lingers: has anything really changed?

Sebagai satu demonstrasi jalanan, himpunan Turun Anwar yang berlangsung Sabtu lalu mungkin tidak sehebat perhimpunan ICERD pada 2018, apatah lagi dibandingkan dengan siri protes jalanan di Bangkok, Jakarta atau Manila. Tetapi sama ada yang hadir hanya 100 orang dalam pelbagai rupa dan saiz, atau setengah juta yang sanggup berpanas, berjerubu dan berhujan, hakikatnya ia tetap menjadi satu detik penting yang tidak harus diketepikan – khususnya buat pemimpin Pakatan Harapan (PH) yang juga Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim.

As street demonstrations go, Saturday’s ‘Turun Anwar’ (Remove Anwar) rally may not have the numbers as the country’s ICERD protest in 2018, or the street demos in Bangkok, Jakarta or Manila. But whether it was 100 people in various shades and sizes, or half a million who braved the heat, haze and later, rain, like it or not, it should be a watershed moment for the Pakatan Harapan (PH) folks, especially for their leader, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim.