Posted in Politics & government on October 2nd, 2010 1 Comment »
Being away from Malaysia, I am less attuned to its politics than I used to be. It is hard for me to follow closely all political development there, being busy with life here in Australia. Nevertheless, several events stick out and one of them is the party election of Parti Keadilan Rakyat. That election is [...]
Posted in Liberty, Society on August 18th, 2010 3 Comments »
In Waterloo, which is about 20 minutes to the south of the central business district of Sydney, a man in his mid-30s approached me. He offered me a leaflet. The leaflet more or less says “Vote Liberal.” Although I cannot vote in the upcoming Australian federal election, I accepted the leaflet out of curiosity. Apart [...]
Posted in Politics & government on January 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
A few days ago Chile lived through one of the most important moments in its recent history. It is the election of a President who belongs to the right-wing after 20 years of left-centre government. For some, this is a complete disaster and almost the end of Chile in the way as we know it. [...]
Posted in ASEAN, Photography, Politics & government on July 9th, 2009 No Comments »
The postal service mistakenly sent the following letter to my house: I do not know the content of the letter for sure because I do not have the authority to open it. Judging from the envelope however, I would risk guessing that it contains a ballot for Indonesian living abroad to use to partipate in [...]
Posted in Activism on February 19th, 2008 No Comments »
FYI. In conjunction with the 12th General Election, KLSCAH is going to organize a series seminar on the election, named “The People’s forum”. With this effort, we hope to create a platform for the civil society groups to involve in the election and voice out the people’s opinions. We cordially invite the public to participate [...]
Posted in Politics & government on February 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
According to Reuters, the PM has obtained consent from the King to dissolve the Parliament: KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has received consent from the country’s king to dissolve parliament and call for fresh elections, a source close to the prime minister said on Wednesday. Separately, an aide [...]
Posted in Politics & government on February 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
And there were two: Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who sought to position himself as the true conservative choice for the Republican presidential nomination, announced Thursday afternoon that he had ended his campaign. [Romney Drops Out of Presidential Race. NYT. February 7 2008] Will this be bad news for McCain? It has been speculated [...]
Posted in Politics & government on February 6th, 2008 2 Comments »
Although I’ve never minded the role of the underdog, and have relished as much as anyone come-from-behind wins, tonight I think we must get used to the idea that we are the Republican party’s front-runners. And I don’t mind one bit.” — John McCain in a February 6 2008 post-Super Tuesday speech. While prefer Ron [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics & government on February 6th, 2008 4 Comments »
Politics 101 wonders who should be the next opposition leader. Specifically (since his post is short, I might as well reproduce it wholly here): Hypothetical question: If DAP and PAS win 18 federal seats each in the elections and PKR wins one, which party would the PKR MP back for Leader of the Opposition? Is [...]
Posted in Politics & government on February 5th, 2008 10 Comments »
I was scanning the news just now and became interested in expected result of the upcoming election. DAP expects to grab anywhere from 30 to 40 parliamentary seats. DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang further said that PAS and PKR should be able to bring in from another 40 to 50 seats.[1] Abdul Hadi Awang later [...]
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