ARCHIVES 2012

(The Malaysian Insider) - PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has maintained that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) would implement hudud for Muslims if it comes to federal power, saying today that his DAP counterpart’s objection to the Islamic penal law was simply personal opinion.

So, yes, you want freedom of expression, association, assembly, etc. And your comments even here in Malaysia Today are your expression of this desire. But are you not playing into Umno’s hands? Are you not doing exactly what Umno wants you to do? Are you not helping to increase this polarisation rather than helping to bridge the divide?

Raja Petra Kamarudin

DEVIATING FROM ITS ROLE: The Bar Council’s contentious EGM has drawn criticism over its role as an impartial body championing rights

The presence of opposition leaders such as Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Azmin Ali and Lim Kit Siang during Bersih 3.0 was beyond doubt. In fact Anwar was clearly seen giving hand signals to Azmin just before Bersih supporters broke the police barriers.

A Jalil Hamid, New Straits Times

The PAS leader's statement that Islam's status in the Federal Constitution would be changed from official religion' to Addin' if Pakatan Rakyat captures power is the latest example of the party pushing its Islamic agenda without consulting its coalition partners.

It shows that neither the DAP nor even the PKR can control PAS any longer and its acquiesce to its demands, like the statement from Hadi that PAS will implement hudud law if elected to Putrajaya.

Baradan Kuppusamy, The Star

PKR deputy president Azmin Ali is fighting off allegations of a sex rendezvous that may derail his political career and which is a reminder that the enemy is not only outside but also within his party.

The man at the centre of the storm obviously did not appreciate the so-called advice. In an immediate and terse response, he tweeted that Dr Wan Azizah should be cautious about making remarks that could lead to misinterpretation. He also blamed the media for dragging his mother into his politics and declared that he loves his mother and remembers her in his prayers.

Joceline Tan, The Star

Umno used the May 13, 1969 racial riots to remind the Chinese and non-Malays not to question 'Ketuanan Melayu' and antagonise the Malays.

CT Ali, Free Malaysia Today

Today is the anniversary of our darkest days. Not a day for celebrations but a day to reflect when many lives were lost and our nation was confronted with its worst nightmare of having its own people turning against each other for no other reasons but race.

Is SAPP indecisive over committing itself to UBA and joining Pakatan Rakyat because it hasn’t closed its door to Barisan Nasional?

Raymond Tombung, Free Malaysia Today

Recently Sabah Progressive Peoples Party’s (SAPP) deputy president, Eric Mojimbun accused State Reform Party’s (STAR) deputy chairman, Daniel John Jambun, of being “totally ignorant of SAPP’s sincerity in cooperating with all opposition parties to topple BN in the coming general election.”

(Bernama) -- Come 2014, Selangor will face serious shortage of water supply, if the state government fails to take pre-emptive action now.

(Berita Harian) - DAP mendesak Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, mengumumkan pendirian rasmi pembangkang bahawa penubuhan negara Islam tiada dalam agenda pakatan itu.

(The Star) - The MCA has challenged the DAP to state publicly its claim that if Pakatan Rakyat were to win in Johor, the Mentri Besar's post would be held by a non-Muslim.