Pakatan Rakyat

Is it really new hope?

Opinion Political Economy and Governance By admin|July 21, 2015 |0

By Wan Saiful Wan Jan. First published in The Star under the title ” A new hope for progressives?” on 21 July 2015 This Raya week marks the beginning of a more concerted effort by some towering figures in the Islamic Party of Malaysia [...]

SELANGOR – WILL THE GOVERNMENT FALL?

Audio News By admin|June 26, 2015 |0

Politics in the Pakatan Rakyat-led state of Selangor remains calm on the surface but how long will this last. This morning’s political portals reported an offer by the former Menteri Besar, Khalid Ibrahim, as Mentor Besar. Could an UMNO-PAS tie up [...]

‘BN mungkin boleh jatuh walau Pakatan pecah’

News Newspaper By admin|June 23, 2015 |0

Malaysiakini 23 June 2015 Jika Umno terus merosakkan diri dengan perbalahan dalaman dan dakwaan rasuah dan BN masih kucar-kacir, maka penganalisis politik yakin pembangkang mempunyai peluang mengambil alih Putrajaya pada pilihan raya umum akan dat [...]

Hayat parti baru mungkin tak panjang

News Newspaper By admin|June 20, 2015 |0

Malaysiakini 20 Jun 2015 Dengan nasib Pakatan Rakyat yang kekal tidak menentu, tumpuan ramai terarah ke kumpulan progresif dalam PAS yang mungkin meninggalkan parti itu untuk membentuk parti baru selepas Aidilfitri ini. Jika itu menjadi kenyataan, [...]

PKR won’t cut ties with DAP and PAS

News Newspaper By admin|June 18, 2015 |0

AsiaOne 18 June 2015 Malaysia’s opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has been pronounced dead but its component parties are trying to keep alive ties that sustain the opposition grip on the key state of Selangor. Party Keadilan Rakyat (PK [...]

Malaysia’s opposition coalition in trouble

News Video By admin|June 18, 2015 |0

Malaysia’s opposition alliance is regrouping after 2 parties severed ties with each other, threatening to break the coalition. Credit: Channel News Asia [...]

New Pakatan minus PAS will be stronger, say analysts

News Newspaper By admin|June 17, 2015 |0

The Malaysian Insider 17 June 2015 A new opposition coalition without PAS will only be stronger and more stable, analysts said, after DAP announced yesterday that the seven-year-old Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pact was over. Not only do DAP and PKR have m [...]

AFTER GETTING RID OF LIARS & SABOTEURS: New PR minus PAS will be stronger – analysts

News Newspaper By admin|June 17, 2015 |0

Wan Saiful Wan Jan, head of think-tank Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) agreed, saying he believed PAS would collapse, pushing forward a more modern and sophisticated Islamist party that would be part of the new coalition. ̶ [...]

New Pakatan minus PAS will be stronger, say analysts

News Newspaper By admin|June 17, 2015 |0

Wan Saiful Wan Jan, head of think-tank Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) agreed, saying he believed PAS would collapse, pushing forward a more modern and sophisticated Islamist party that would be part of the new coalition. ̶ [...]

Analyst: After PAS-DAP split, miracle needed to save Pakatan

News Newspaper By admin|June 9, 2015 |0

The Malay Mail Online 9 June 2015 KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will require a miracle to keep the pact intact now that PAS has decided to formally end ties with ally DAP, according to a political observer. While saying that a disinte [...]

PAS to cast the die this week

News Newspaper By admin|June 1, 2015 |0

Ahmad Hairy, now in his 60s, has been an active PAS member for close to three decades and he was never happier than in 2008, when the Islamist party formed an alliance, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), with PKR and DAP…… “Every party benefits equa [...]

5th March 2015 : Where is Malaysia after Anwar Ibrahim?

Events Previous Events By admin|February 26, 2015 |0

Public Lecture in Canberra Topic: Where is Malaysia after Anwar Ibrahim? Date: 5th March 2015 (Thursday) Time: 4pm – 5.30pm Venue: Manning Clarke Lecture Theatre 6, The Australian National University (ANU) [...]