ARCHIVES 2010

All the indications are that the general election will be held some time in the first six months of 2011. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has not said anything yet but the signs are there – Umno, the MCA, Gerakan and even the DAP have postponed their party elections to get ready for the biggie. 

By WONG SAI WAN, The Star

(The Star) - The Selangor Mentri Besar should take the blame for the controversy over the appointment of the State Secretary because he handed over the selection to his political secretary, without bothering to discuss the matter with the Sultan, said blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin.

Tan Sri Robert Phang 

On Friday Dec 31, 2010, we will say goodbye to 2010 and usher in 2011. Fortune tellers, astrologers and Feng Shui practitioners will review the events of past years in self glorification of the accuracy of their predictions. They will attempt to provide new prophecies and guidance to forecast events and good fortunes for the coming year. But, they do it for commercial gains.

Dear Mufti Johor (the man who passed a decree against Santa Claus hats), when the Chairman of Bank Rakyat takes a bribe of RM1,280,000 to approve Islamic banking facilities for the construction of a hospital in Shah Alam (that the company linked to the Sultan of Selangor’s family has now abandoned) is the bribe Islamic or un-Islamic?

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

(Harakah Daily) - Biarpun adanya perubahan pada pucuk kepimpinan Umno negeri di Kedah, ia tidak akan memberi apa-apa impak terhadap kepimpinan Kerajaan Negeri Pakatan Rakyat (PR) yang diterajui oleh PAS selama ini.

(Harakah Daily) - Pendedahan WikiLeaks berhubung seorang menteri yang terlibat merogol seorang pembantu rumah Indonesianya terus mengundang perdebatan hangat di dunia maya khusunya di kalangan penulis blog politik.

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — N. Gobalakrishnan continued his onslaught against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today and called the PKR de facto leader anti-Hindu for failing the Indian community.

By The Malaysian Insider

Concerns are rising over the growing debt load in Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary’s companies now that the tycoon is expected to snap up the multi-billion ringgit tunnelling contract for the city’s RM36 billion train service and the Penang port.

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — The appointment of Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi as the Selangor state secretary without first consulting Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is a violation of the spirit of the state constitution, Lim Kit Siang claimed today.

Who is gloating gleefully as some bicker and bash each other in cyberspace? Who is grinning to see how some Pakatan Rakyat supporters are losing steam? Who is floating around blissfully to see the emergence of MCLM and the negative reactions as expressed by various writers?