Malaysia: Human Rights Watch said today that the Malaysian government should renounce a plan by a cabinet minister to raise criminal penalties against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) citizens. The effort to increase criminal penalties against LGBT Malaysians is the latest in a series of measures to cement the Perikitan Nasional government’s anti-LGBT, anti-human rights stance.The proposed amendment submitted …

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23-In order to save jobs threatened by the new second movement control order, opposition MPs urged the government to introduce an automatic loan moratorium and six-month wage subsidy (MCO). The MPs, collectively from the PKR, DAP, Amanah, Warisan, New Sarawak Party and the still unregistered United Democratic Alliance of Malaysia (Muda), said the automatic loan moratorium, which …

AMANAH (Parti Amanah Negara) led by Mohamad Sabu has called on the Opposition to form a grand coalition to oust Perikatan Nasional (PN) in the 15th general election (GE15). Sabu, the party’s president in his speech reminded the party and its components that Pakatan Harapan (PH) won the general election in 2018 was due to the leadership and partnership of …

KUALA LUMPUR – Senior Minister for Economy Azmin Ali said today that the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition welcomed the “spirit of solidarity” among its parties and should set aside differences to fight the Covid-19 third wave and restore the ailing economy. On behalf of the coalition, Azmin also thanked the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his confidence to Prime Minister Tan …

PETALING JAYA –  Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin received a high approval rating as nearly seven out of ten Malaysians has given him a thumbs up on the government’s handling  of Covid-19 pandemic. However, his popularity slightly slipped to belo 70% for the first time since he was appointed as the Prime Minister. According to Top pollster Merdeka Centre, the survey …

The Pakatan Harapan (PH) Secretariat at national level today called for an end to all kinds of bullying by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government against its lawmakers. In a joint statement, the alliance said it sees the opposition lawmakers’ latest police inquiry strings as a means of coercion by the governing regime, owing to perceived differences in political opinion. The …

DAP’s Lim Kit Siang today urged the government of Perikatan Nasional (PN) to explain that Parliament will begin its sitting before the September 2021 Budget session, as the numerous Parliamentary Select Committees have not met since last year. While the next parliamentary meeting is expected to take place from July 13 to August 25, he said parliamentarians are unsure if …

With the current political turbulence that has been happening in Malaysia recently, it was revealed by Tun Mahathir himself that he was proposing to lead a unity government by inviting lawmakers from across the Opposition parties to join him. Tun Mahathir himself proposed the idea of a non-partisan and grand coalition ,a move that would see the country being governed …

So the final verdict (well, just for today after such a rollercoaster ride of emotion for everyone) by our Agong is that Tun Mahathir is to stay as Interim Prime Minister, as appointed by the Agong from their meeting earlier. With this, clearly Mahathir still has the final control of the parliament. 1. The new coalition party now would look …