Malaysia – Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar’s remarks during the 2008 campaign for the 12th Malaysian General Election was in reference to the merger or collaboration amongst the opposition parties, not to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy issue, the Court of Appeal hears. An attorney for Khairy stated in a statement that the speech makes use of metaphorical humor to convey …

Malaysia – Malaysia’s Budget 2022, which amounts to approximately RM332.1 billion, is vulnerable to too many possible risks, according to Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He claims that the government would be compelled to borrow even more money to finance its high spending plans at a time when income estimates remain low. The Pekan MP criticized the present predicament on decisions …

Malaysia – The Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council has finalised seat composition for the upcoming Melaka state election where eight seats will be contested by DAP, nine by Amanah and 11 by PKR. In a press conference today, PH chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim also announced the future composition of Parliamentary seats for the coalition in the state, where two …

Rafizi Ramli, a former PKR vice-president, said Pakatan Harapan (PH) must concentrate on rural regions to win Malays. According to Rafizi, PH should put MPs who understand rural problems to work on the ground. “It is not a matter of strategy, but of effort. “To reach rural communities, you need people who can move on the ground, are genuine, and …

Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Akin of PKR could have a disadvantage in securing his federal position in Hang Tuah Jaya as he has a low recognition rate among his constituents and survey also says that only 4 percent of the community answered that they will support party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the leader in the coming general election. …

The Malaysia United Democratic Alliance or MUDA has said that the party is not interested in joining the cooperation between the PKR and the UMNO. According to the MUDA president, Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman, his party is better off staying in the Opposition bloc rather than cooperate and join efforts with politicians like the UMNO president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid …

Two experts, Kartini Aboo Talib Khalid from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Prof Dr Azmi Hassan from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) had the same view regarding internal conflicts arising within UMNO and PKR following the audio recording controversy between their leaders which points to Zahid and Anwar having political conspiracy. Both Kartini and Azmi suggested that they should leave the …

In order to beat their political enemies in the next general election, UMNO president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is urging his party members to get active on their social media accounts. The MP of Bagan Datuk brought up the UMNO’s loss in GE14 in which he said is due to the party’s lack of influence on the social media. …

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for a thorough investigation over the “meat cartel” scandal, which is believed is syndicate to have been passing off non-halal imported meat as “halal” for decades in Malaysia. The Opposition Leader who is also the PKR president said such “immoral activity” is a wake-up call for everyone, including the government, to step up the …

KUALA LUMPUR – Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has announced today that it has instructed its lawyers to send letters of demand to 20 former MPs and assemblyman demanding a sum of RM10 million for abandoning the party. In a statement released today, PKR treasurer-general Lee Chean Chung said that the amount is for the compensation signed by the lawmakers for …