PETALING JAYA: Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has come under renewed criticism about his remarks on political realignments, with DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang accusing him of “playing the racial card”. Speaking to supporters of the Bersih 5 road convoy in his constituency of Gelang Patah, Lim expressed regret that Tengku Razaleigh had reduced Malaysian…
It is shocking that one of the National Consultative Committee on Political Financing’s recommendations announced yesterday was that the election expenses limit will be removed, thus allowing politicians to spend as much as they want in their campaign. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Datuk Paul Low said that that putting a cap on…
SHAH ALAM: The Yang diPertuan Agong should rise above the politics of the country and play his role to safeguard the interest of the nation, said constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari. Referring to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on the matter of Dr Mahathir Mohamad presenting the Citizens’ Declaration with…
Last week, Lim Kit Siang led a small delegation of DAP MPs to study political Islam in Jakarta and Yogyakarta. The delegation comprises of YB Zairil, YB Steven Sim, Ms Foo Yueh Chuan, Mustaqueem and me. We took the opportunity to visit Borobudur when we were in Yogyakarta. Borobudur is located 40 km away from…