NEWS/COMMENTARIES

(FMT) - MIC will face a risk of being de-registered simply because G Palanivel’s position as the president is illegitimate.  

The MIC constitution does not give the party's Central Working Committee arbitrary powers to prolong the term of president as long as the president wishes.

Meena Lakshana, fz.com

PKR's Dr Xavier Jayakumar and Elizabeth Wong have accepted the possibility that they may not been reappointed to the Selangor state executive council.

A prominent PKR member also says that the deputy president has set a bad precedent by washing party's dirty linen in public

B Nantha Kumar, FMT

A prominent PKR grassroots member today called on party deputy president Azmin Ali to apologise to Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismal for initiating baseless attacks against the party president.

Anizah Shukry, FMT

Malaysians must boycott the “pesta kegilaan” (festival of madness) by the opposition over claims of electoral fraud and accept that Barisan Nasional won the 13th general election.

Robert Phang says the anti-graft watchdog must now monitor the new minister’s performance.

Alyaa Azhar, FMT

Paul Low violated Transparency International’s code of ethics when he accepted his appointment as a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, former MACC advisor Robert Phang said today.

(Bernama) - The government would not be issuing warnings anymore but would act tough against individuals whose extreme actions would only disrupt public order, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today.

At first Chua sneered at Lim Keat Siang’s announcement to contest in Gelang Patah and said that Lim was ‘dreaming’. It would later turn out that Lim’s ‘dream’ had come true. We all witnessed how energetic and enthusiastic Lim could be even he is already in his seventies. He fought with such zeal over the past month, he travelled north and south for thousands of miles and he kept his morale high to the last minute. It was not by luck that DAP emerged a winner, for Lim had been giving out ceramah not only in his constituency but all over Malaysia.

By Xing Yue Zhen邢月珍 @ nanyang.com

(NST) - Former Indonesian president Jusuf Kalla has expressed disappointment with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, whom he said had rejected his defeat  and any form of reconciliation with his rivals in Barisan Nasional.

(The Star) - The rift between Hindraf founders and brothers P. Uthayakumar and Waythamoorthy is set to widen with the elder brother, who lost in his bid to take the Kota Raja parliamentary and Sri Andalas state seats, blaming his sibling for the polls defeat.

Political youth: MCA members (from left) Chew, Liaw, Desmond, Lim and Nicole holding up speech bubbles calling for party renewal. 

(The Star) - A group of six young MCA members has launched a new movement to overhaul the party, calling for direct elections to empower members to have a bigger say in the party's direction and leadership.