ARCHIVES 2012

"Especially when PAS fights against Umno (in Malay-majority seats), the background of the candidate counts. It also matters if the candidate has a big family there, lots of friends or contacts," he said.

Tarani Palani, fz.com

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's approval ratings have been coasting at a steady 60% since he took office in 2009, but whether that is enough to take his weakened coalition through the crucial 13th general election is an open question.

(The Malaysian Insider) - The 13th general will be a very tight race where the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pact and the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition can only hope to take Parliament by a simple majority, Datuk Mustafa Ali predicts.

Declassified documents pertinent to Borneo, found in the British archives, indicate that Putrajaya's policies may be running foul of the unwritten constitution of Malaysia. 

Joe Fernandez, FMT

Former Sabah Chief Minister Mohd Harris Salleh has never failed to appear from time to time as a bundle of contradictions to the extent of even embarrassing his own party leaders.

Muda Mohd Noor, FMT

Biro Felda dan Orang Asal PKR mendakwa  Felda telah mengeluarkan arahan bahawa pemimpin pembangkang tidak dibenarkan lagi mengadakan program ceramah di kawasan tanah peneroka.

Adakah MB Selangor mahu mahu satu 'perang politik' di antara kerajaan negeri dan kerajaan pusat berhubung isu air? 

(Bernama) - Persatuan Pengguna Subang dan Shah Alam (Cassa) mengecam Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim ekoran kenyataannya baru-baru ini bahawa beliau (Khalid) sanggup menunggu sehingga 100 tahun untuk menyelesaikan isu air walaupun Selangor diancam krisis bekalan air menjelang 2015.

(Daily Express) - "But it is being done at the Immigration Department, which is only handling passport and work pass. Since when did the Immigration Department also handle the job of the National Registration Department?" he asked.

Why offer such a rebate to only youths, a key electoral demographic that the Barisan Nasional is struggling to win over, and not also to older Malaysians who are just as economically-disadvantaged? 

A. Asohan, Digital News Asia

There must be something terribly wrong with the Islamic banking policy adopted by Malaysia where it turns borrowers into deep debtors.

Awang Abdillah, Free Malaysia Today

And Mahathir’s declaration that Rosmah has the right to stay 'high profile' is actually a death sentence.

(Bernama) - Apart from PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's decree 35 years ago which should be withdrawn as it causes disunity among Muslims, the opposition party's spiritual advisor should also withdraw several of his own religious rulings (fatwas).

Umno Information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan said this was because several religious rulings made by Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat as Kelantan Menteri Besar especially that Umno was apostate and whoever supported Umno was evil, had bad implications on Malays and Muslims in the country.