Politics

Opinions
Identity politics – the final nail in the coffin for BN, UMNO’s ‘demise’

When BN decided to be part of the new PN government in March last year, it did not recommend to the PM a ministerial nominee from the MIC which should be an easy thing to...
By Jamari Mohtar

4 years ago
Bahasa Malaysia
Identity politics – core basis or hindrance to national unity?

In the clarion call for Malay unity, proponents would inevitably fall into the rhetoric of reviling the advocates of national unity above racial unity.
By Jason Loh

4 years ago
Opinions
Peninsula influence on the current political landscape in Sabah minus identity politics

Identity politics is not a factor as Sabah is blessed with a multi-ethnic and multi-religious population.
By Amanda Yeo

4 years ago
Opinions
Identity politics and corruption: Twin evils

Identity politics and corruption are twin evils that need each other to enter and entrench in the society and continue robbing it of its national future.
By Margarita Peredaryenko

4 years ago
Opinions
Needs-based policies regardless of race, not driven by identity politics

Even if we have to put in place a race-based policy via affirmative action to correct any imbalance, that policy must be subservient to a need-based policy.
By Sofea Azahar

4 years ago
Opinions
Identity politics, here to stay?

Umno doesn’t need to abandon its ethnic identity, but it must reshape its political narrative based on a national ideology.
By Jason Loh

4 years ago
Opinions
No place for disruptive ethno-centric politics

Disruptive and polarising identity politics have no place in Islamic teachings and value-based leadership philosophies, and it is not even supported by science.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Bahasa Melayu
Bracing for more instability

It would do more good for all politicians to take a political sabbatical to reflect on which is more important – the stability of the country or pursuing their ambition for power and posts.
By Jamari Mohtar

4 years ago
Bahasa Malaysia
When should GE15 be held?

Imagine if Malaysia were to hold four GEs in two years. The cost would balloon to RM4.8 billion. And this should not be discounted because it has become a norm since GE14 for a government...
By Jamari Mohtar

4 years ago
Opinions
What does Umno really want?

This is not to say that Zahid wasn’t elected democratically as the president but so that Umno would not forever be the “sick man” of PN.
By Jamari Mohtar

4 years ago

When BN decided to be part of the new PN government in March last year, it did not recommend to the PM a ministerial nominee from the MIC which should be an easy thing to...

In the clarion call for Malay unity, proponents would inevitably fall into the rhetoric of reviling the advocates of national unity above racial unity.

Identity politics is not a factor as Sabah is blessed with a multi-ethnic and multi-religious population.

Identity politics and corruption are twin evils that need each other to enter and entrench in the society and continue robbing it of its national future.

Even if we have to put in place a race-based policy via affirmative action to correct any imbalance, that policy must be subservient to a need-based policy.

Umno doesn’t need to abandon its ethnic identity, but it must reshape its political narrative based on a national ideology.

Disruptive and polarising identity politics have no place in Islamic teachings and value-based leadership philosophies, and it is not even supported by science.

It would do more good for all politicians to take a political sabbatical to reflect on which is more important – the stability of the country or pursuing their ambition for power and posts.

Imagine if Malaysia were to hold four GEs in two years. The cost would balloon to RM4.8 billion. And this should not be discounted because it has become a norm since GE14 for a government...

This is not to say that Zahid wasn’t elected democratically as the president but so that Umno would not forever be the “sick man” of PN.