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Why election in Perak? Why do I support dissolving the state assembly in light that I see no wrong in a person exercising his or her freedom of association? Is it not political defection that caused the whole fiasco in Perak? Am I being inconsistent? No. I hold consistency as a personal value and therefore, [...]

There are multiple questions which raise unhelpful suspicion after single-judge bench granted Zambry with a stay. But a stay remains a stay. A stay is simple a temporary suspension of execution. In the context of Perak, it means a temporary suspension pending decision on the requested appeal by Zambry to the Federal Court against High [...]

Away from the chaos on the streets of Ipoh and within the hall of Perak state assembly, a storm of short messages kept coming in, flashing and distributing the latest developments faster and wider than anything imaginable in the past. Enter Twitter. This is yet another sign of evolution within the already hyperactive Malaysian Internet [...]

Twitter has it that Nizar has won the court case! CONFIRMED! NIZAR IS STILL MB! IT IS ELECTION TIME! In time when Nizar is the third most popular tag in Twitter… …this is how PM Najib Tun Razak’s tweets look like: Thanks to Lulu for the idea.

During one of those small discussions, Professor Khoo Kay Kim said something to the effect that de jure position is always the right position but de facto position can usurp de jure position. Well… Thank you Sinar Harian for the beautiful picture. According to MP Jeff Ooi: Little Birds told Screenshots that Najib’s boys have [...]

In the inaugural specialized column on Asia, The Economist pays respect to Perak’s democracy under the banyan tree: In early March, in Perak in Malaysia, the state assembly convened an emergency session under a tree. It was, said outraged national ministers, a return to the jungle, making Malaysia a laughing-stock. We beg to differ. An [...]

Guess how many police reports have been filed against Karpal Singh for his plan to sue the Sultan of Perak? To remind all, there is a huge dispute in the way the state government of Perak was transferred from Pakatan Rakyat to Barisan Nasional earlier this month. I will not go into the details and [...]

Previously, a lot of people within Pakatan Rakyat praised the monarchy for various decisions in the public sphere. At the moment however contrary to the environment barely weeks ago, words unworthy to be typed here have been uttered as insults. Worse, these insults were thrown even before the Sultan of Perak made a final decision [...]

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim accuses BN of trying to form government in Perak ‘by hook or by crook’. “We are pushing for a dissolution of the state assembly and fresh elections in the state. We must go back to the people and get a fresh mandate,” he tells AFP. “BN is trying to form the [...]

Rumor has it that 2 more Pakatan Rakyat representatives in Perak from DAP are defecting, bringing a total Pakatan’s loss to 5 representatives. p/s – more rumor. Dr. Zamri Abdul Kadir, representative for Pangkor, might be the next Menteri Besar.