Archive for May 18th, 2019
DAP will not be MCA2 and MCA cannot be DAP2
A new political myth is making the rounds in Malaysia, that with the DAP in a silent mode, there’s need for a Third Force in the country.
According to this myth, as DAP has become MCA2, MCA should become DAP2.
There cannot be a greater misreading of political trends and dynamics in Malaysia as DAP will not be MCA2 and MCA cannot be DAP2.
It is akin to political imbecility to believe that MCA, after being almost eliminated in the 14th General Election, could evolve to become DAP2, when up to now, MCA dare not cut its umbilical cord with UMNO and no MCA leader has the conviction and temerity to denounce the 1MDB scandal and the former Prime Minster,
Datuk Seri Najib Razak for bringing the
country to Malaysia’s worst depths of international infamy, ignominy and iniquity by
being condemned by the world as a global kleptocracy. Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia has completed process to start implementing the major pillars of Pakatan Harapan commitment to restore democracy, the rule of law and to effect institutional and political reforms in the second year of PH government
Posted by Kit in nation building, PH Government on Saturday, 18 May 2019
I believe the second year of the Pakatan Harapan government in Putrajaya will see more reforms and changes in the democratic governance of Malaysia, as the best part of the first year of the Pakatan Harapan Federal Government after the historic decision
of the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 had been spent on finding out the scope and extent of the political, economic, educational, social, cultural and moral damages to Malaysia in heading towards the trajectory of a failed, rogue and kleptocratic state.
Two events in the last week before the “509” first anniversary on May 9, 2019 can be said to provide the final stones for the basis for far-reaching institutional and political reforms in the next four years of the Pakatan Harapan government, namely the appointments of a new Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, taking over from Richard Malanjum who had retired on April 2, and a new Inspector-General
of Police, Abdul Hamid Bador, replacing Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun.
As the Attorney-General Tommy Thomas said at the ceremonial sitting to celebrate the appointment of Chief Justice Tengku Maimum at the Palace of Justice this morning, the only way for the Malaysian judiciary to return to its “glory days” of the 1970s and 1980s was for judges to consistently endeavour to make the right decisions. Read the rest of this entry »