Should the Senate be a back door into the Cabinet?
The questions is not whether Senators can be admitted into the cabinet. To that question, the answer is obvious. They can be. The question is: what should be their qualifications?
Read MoreThe questions is not whether Senators can be admitted into the cabinet. To that question, the answer is obvious. They can be. The question is: what should be their qualifications?
Read MoreHas PKR lost its Padang Serai seat? Answer: No. The election for that constituency has to be postponed. The previous nominations stand. New nominations can be made.
Read MoreHow is the delivery of Justice to the nation to be eased? Everyone complains. Suppose someone could say something helpful, for once? Would you heed it?
Read MoreSomeone asked me last week, ‘What did Karpal do for us? What did Lim Kit Siang?’ I blinked. I thought I didn’t hear it right. What did they do? The guy who asked was young. Too young. I attempted an answer and unaccountably slipped into melancholy. I began by saying... These men fought a long-drawn out battle against an implacable enemy—entrenched racism. They fought for the rule of law. They argued that the ...
Read MoreThe Malaysian Judiciary has languished in darkness for four decades. Have we squandered the golden opportunity to reform it? Are we back to square one? Bringing in new judges won't cut it. Making the courts the more efficient won't help. All that was done: all that did not help. Something else is needed. What should we do to make our Judiciary one of the very ...
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