Geo Politics

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob of UMNO as the country’s ninth prime minister after concluding that he has the confidence of a majority in Parliament. Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Indera Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin stated in a statement on behalf of Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah said His Majesty believed the appointment …

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, head of the Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang), said that his party will back Pakatan Harapan chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim if the latter were to become Prime Minister. According to reports, former prime minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said on Bernama TV that his political party is not constrained to working with just one other person, …

Sekratariat Solidariti Rakyat (SSR) announced today that it has chosen to call off this Saturday’s #Lawan protest in light of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s resignation as Prime Minister and the dissolution of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government earlier this week. The organization said in a statement that the new Prime Minister sworn in by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong must demonstrate his …

Surprisingly, President Rodrigo Duterte has incorporated a bill trying to facilitate the country’s severe bank mystery rules in his rundown of authoritative needs in his last year in office, the national bank said on Wednesday. The move comes a long time after a worldwide messy cash watchdog where the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) —added the Southeast Asian country to …

Surprisingly, The Thanyaburi Court dismissed a bail demand for Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak and seven others accused in association of a dissent before the Region 1 Border Patrol Police base camp in Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang region on Aug 2. In view of this, Attorney Krisadang Nujaras said the court contended there was zero excuse to turn around the confinement request. …

All MPs from Barisan Nasional and Umno have agreed to support Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob in his quest to become the next Prime Minister. The legislators reached this conclusion after a meeting of Umno’s supreme council and a gathering of BN MPs tonight. When addressed after the later meeting, Padang Besar MP Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin affirmed the unanimous …

In Kuala Lumpur, while Malaysia is yet to learn who its ninth prime minister will be, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has reminded the person who will be chosen to face a confidence vote in the Dewan Rakyat once the appointment is announced. This happens on August 18, 2021. Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Indera Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the …

The public authority plans to issue advanced COVID-19 immunization cards by the following month to address the absence of consistency in testaments showing an individual’s vaccination status. In view of this, The official representative Harry Roque said the Department of Information and Communications (DICT) has dispatched VaxCertPH, which includes the setting up of a data set of people who have …

Several former Cabinet ministers have turned to social media to say goodbye to Malaysians as well as to express their regret and thanks, after their resignations, which brought the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration to an end. Former Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin was among the first to announce the Cabinet’s resignation on Instagram, minutes after Prime Minister Tan …

Hostile to government nonconformists assembled at Ratchaprasong crossing point and attempted to pelt pink color at the close by Royal Thai Police Office. In view of this, Around 100 dissenters of the Thalu Fa bunch displayed at Ratchaprasong convergence at about 3.30pm to request that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha leave. In fact, At 4.12pm they walked to the close by …