KTemoc Konsiders ........ (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Malaysiakini Pakatan en route to victory or disaster? Zaid Ibrahim in identifying Pakatan Rakyat’s several weaknesses and problems proposed Pakatan work together with Ku Li (Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah). Zaid said Ku Li is reform-driven. Malaysiakini reported: But in order for this to happen, he said, Pakatan's larger-than-life leader Anwar Ibrahim would have to 'sacrifice'....
jelas.info (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Two articles in MK today about Pakatan’s path, one centered around Zaid Ibrahim, the other around Aziz Bari. The former is a tad more controversial, and I won’t go into the ‘juicier’ speculations regarding its context and implications. Some criticisms aren’t too far off the mark, I reckon. Aziz Bari’s points are more ‘universal.’ He’s...
jelas.info (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... against it, a man willing to call a spade a spade. I wonder if he will meet the same fate as Zaid Ibrahim. Idris, not being a man steeped in politics, saw a problem, and he set out to fix it, in line with ideals espoused (albeit clearly not practised) by his boss. Muhyiddin, on the other hand, the consumate politician, seemed perfectly willing to tell exactly the kind of baldfaced...
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Oily politics. Loyalty, royalty? Play of words or silly mistake, it got me thinking of how much the Kelantan prince has lost since his disastrous attempt to come back to mainstream Umno politics and become its president and Prime Minister of the country. Accepting DSAI's offer could rekindle that dream snuffed out so cruelly. Pakatan Rakyat is looking for a leader and Zaid Ibrahim, the...
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
No way in Hell ... First, Zaid Ibrahim , PKR's biggest Umno catch (after Anwar Ibrahim and Azmin Ali, of course) decided to go on two months' leave. Then, Salehuddin Hashim is said to have quit the secretary-general post of the party. Now, Jeffrey Kitingan said he quits as VP citing loss of confidence in the party's leadership. To tell you the truth, some of the things I learned...
