The opposition party DAP said it would consider the next Prime Minister‘s proposal for the federal Opposition to join the government in the battle against Covid-19 and efforts to rehabilitate the nation, but only if the opposition’s participation would not be a “rubber stamp.” Lim Guan Eng, the DAP’s secretary-general, went to Facebook today to respond briefly to newly appointed …

Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob was appointed Malaysia’s ninth prime minister, after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong determined that he had the backing of 114 MPs, or a simple majority. Ismail Sabri is perhaps the country’s most surprising prime minister to date, having risen to prominence as the Opposition leader after the resignation of UMNO president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahidi Hamidi. …

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, …

When a confidence motion is presented in Parliament next month, the 18 members of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) would back Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, coalition secretary-general Datuk Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi said. According to him, the decision was taken during a special meeting at the PBB headquarters with GPS chairman Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg, Sarawak’s chief …

UMNO Supreme Council Member Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani told off those who are railing against the party over its so-called “tug of war” attitude saying that they must rather learn to self-reflect rather than lead the Perikatan Nasional (PN) in a state of instability because of their criticisms. In an interview, Johari addressed the party critics that despite having …

Unexpectedly, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha says he will serve his full term as PM, finishing theory he may disintegrate the House and call a new political decision before his term closes in 2023. The chief shared during the discussion on the leader order on the acquiring of another 500 billion baht to manage Covid-19 that all analysis against him just served …

The counter government Samakkhi Prachachon presented a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, calling for him to leave over his helpless administration for as long as seven years. In view of this, Sompas Nilphan, the Prime Minister’s Office representative perpetual secretary, acknowledged the letter for the executive from Adul Khiewboriboon, the gathering chief, and Jatuporn Prompan, a gathering part and …

PETALING JAYA: According to the DAP, police reports will be filed against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his Cabinet for refusing to allow Parliament to sit during the emergency despite the King’s order. Lim Guan Eng, the party’s secretary-general, said Muhyiddin and the Cabinet were “stubbornly refusing” to heed the King’s order to reconvene Parliament. Since the King has already …

PETALING JAYA: A plan by a PPBM senator to pass laws to prosecute anyone found insulting the prime minister has been slammed by lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla, claiming it is worse than the Anti-Fake News Act passed by the government of Barisan Nasional (BN). He told FMT that while former Prime Minister Najib Razak was often criticized and assaulted during …

For more than a year now, a police colonel was kicked out from work and cited by police of assisting former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to escape Thailand shortly before facing a court ruling in the rice-pledging scandal in 2017 has been secretly reinstated for more than a year now. Pol Col Chairit Anurit, is the previous deputy commissioner of …