Category: Politics

#hamiklanjiao Bersih?

Bersih is not about rhetoric. What Bersih wants? You know. I know. A lot of people know. So it is very clear what Bersih wants. Yes, Bersih wants a clean government. Bersih wants free and fair elections. Now, Bersih also wants to “save the economy.” Why Bersih wants these? For the lack of vocabulary, #BetterNation […]

A People’s Election by Lim Kit Siang

Speech by DAP MP for Gelang Patah Lim Kit Siang at the 13GE Election Fraud Rally at Kelana Jaya Stadium, Selangor, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 10 pm: A People’s Election In the aftermath of this historic election, we would like to thank all Malaysians for their support of DAP and Pakatan Rakyat. To […]

An open letter to undecided voters by Nathaniel Tan.

Hikayat Tesco dan Giant: Surat Terbuka Kepada Pengundi Atas Pagar Saudara-saudariku, Andalah penentu segalanya.  Ramai yang sudahpun memutuskan undi mereka akan ke siapa. Hanya segelintir lagi yang masih belum berbuat demikian, dan di tangan andalah terletak masa depan kita semua. Dalam mempertimbangkan pilihan kita, izinkan saya bandingkan situasi yang kita hadapi dengan menggunakan perumpamaan pasaraya […]

Sarawak, my home state. How’s the performance of the state government?

Setelah meninjau Laporan Ketua Negara untuk negeri Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Johor dan Sabah tempoh hari, sekarang marilah kita melihat prestasi kerajaan BN di negeri Sarawak berdasarkan penemuan oleh Ketua Audit Negara. Sarawak, sebuah lagi negeri “deposit tetap” BN selain Sabah. Lebih 50 tahun di bawah pentadbiran BN. 1. Pungutan hasil Sarawak meningkat RM1 billion pada […]

Statistical bullshit?

Interesting report. A sudden drop of poverty rate, a bit drop, just when the general election is looming close. Question, which I think is very important for us to ask is… how on earth they measure the poverty rate? Talking about poverty rate, we need to know few things. 1. Poverty Line Income. 2. Inflation. […]

KL Trip (Part 1) : Tweetup with LKS & Tony Pua & Tweetup at The REEF!

I was in KL for the weekend. After breaking up many promises to go and chill out with my friends on the other side (so sorry peeps for that!), finally I made a last minute decision to go. Booked my ticket on Thursday and flew down on Friday evening. I am glad I made it […]

Of Al Islam row, KJ’s ‘missed the train’ comment, rule of law and gomen’s inconsistencies.

I thought I would slow down writing on socio-political issues since I jumped on the Twitter bandwagon and spending most of my time there on such issues, but I need to pen down more than 140 characters for this particular issue. Remember the covert mission by two Al Islam journalists who went undercover to spy […]