Geo Politics

KUALA LUMPUR – Dewan Rakyat Speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof confirmed today that he rejected the letter sent by Sabah Chief Minister Shafie Apdal seeking a motion of confidence to Langkawi MP and former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “Yes, authentic,” Mohamad Ariff said when contacted by Malay Mail. Ariff said the motion is inconsistent with with Article 43 …

Muhyiddin should have confidence of his own survival because, in theory, he should have 113 out of 222 votes, based on his administrative lineup. Ministers and deputy ministers must always vote with the government, because of collective responsibility. Because they are on the government’s payroll, they are also called payroll votes. Ministers and deputy ministers normally join the government as …

Malaysia’s Parliament will be convened for only one day on May 18. A 10-week pushback from the original date (March 9), the May 18 seating has to happen for one reason. If not reconvened, the Parliament will stand dissolved by June 5, six months from Dec 5, 2019 when it was last in session. That’s the constitutional mechanism in Article …

Due to the double standard she experience, she appealed for an explanation towards it. A single mother who spent eight days in jail for violating the motion control order (MCO) asked whether the daughter and son-in-law of Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi were sentenced to a mere RM800 fine each for the same crime. Lisa Christina, who was originally sentenced …

Noting so far that the current governing coalition had not displayed true coherence, Everyone should have come together to prevent disunity, which was one of the big shortcomings of PH. In view of this, political observers have played down PPBM president Muhyiddin Yassin’s possibility of bringing the party back to Pakatan Harapan (PH), the alliance that he abandoned before joining …

Thailand’s Prime Minister has come up with a novel idea, a two-hour time limit on shopping mall visits to help curb the Coronavirus. The Thai PM’s latest brain storm came during a briefing in Bangkok on Tuesday. Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha also said the number of people allowed in at any one time will also need to be restricted. “We’re preparing …

There is a problem that needs to see in the state government which is being hesitant to cooperate with the federal policy of restarting the economy today issued a notice that their acts were not focused on valid authority. The warning came in a statement from senior minister Azmin Ali, who said that the policy of the federal government has …

Since the state of the nation needs an attention on how to run it for the next months in battling the pandemic virus and the further plans not yet done. Wherein, given the calls from Pakatan Harapan to let it run for more days, the decision to hold a one-day Parliament meeting on May 18 stands. Last month, there’s an …

The United Nation High Commissioner  Agency(UNHCR) has been working everywhere to secure and support the refugees. Through their work they ensure that everyone has the right to seek asylum and find secure shelter in another state, with the option of returning home, integrating or resettling eventually. Along with this, The 1951 Refugee Convention specifically stipulates who a refugee is and …

As Sarah Dessen quoted once, “There are certain things that you rely on in this world, like a sure bet. And then they let you down, moving from where you carefully put them, your confidence shakes right where you are.” Here’s an honest answer from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after four decades in the Malaysian political scene, He revealed that …