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| How political cults have shaped Malaysia |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-30-2022, 09:57 AM - Forum: Politics
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The recent “Bossku” rave in many parts of the country has left many people dumbfounded and baffled by the rapturous reception that former prime minister Najib Razak has been receiving.
Whether the crowds that greeted him on his walkabouts were paid or not, the fact that many had no qualms to be openly seen wearing “Bossku” T-shirts and taking selfies with Najib speaks volumes of where our politics is headed.
There must be some people who think Najib is indeed innocent of the criminal charges on which he was convicted; others could be there for the benefits, monetary or otherwise. There could be some who admire him for rising above the murky morass in which he had landed. One needs intelligence and gumption to manoeuvre out of such a mess.
All this is taking place at a time when the Goldman Sachs-1MDB trial in the United States is going full steam ahead with much incriminating evidence being exposed, while some of those involved directly or indirectly in the defrauding of a nation seem to be enjoying their freedom in different parts of the world.
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| Solomon Islands’ PM calls China security deal backlash ‘insulting’ |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2022, 03:01 PM - Forum: Politics
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HONIARA – The Solomon Islands’ prime minister today rebuked Australian fears that a draft security pact between his country and China that leaked online last week would “destabilise” the South Pacific.
In an impassioned speech, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said he found it “very insulting to be branded as unfit to manage our sovereign affairs or have other motives in pursuing our national interest”.
The proposals in the leaked draft agreement would allow Chinese security and naval deployments to the Pacific island nation, a development that sent shockwaves through Canberra last week.
Sogavare said the pact is yet to be signed but confirmed that his government and counterparts in Beijing had reached an agreement on the shape of the deal, although he offered no details.
While existing security arrangements with Australia would “remain intact”, Sogavare said that “to achieve our security needs, it is clear that we need to diversify the country’s relationship with other countries – and what is wrong with that?”
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| Where’s your ‘love letter’, Chegubard asks Najib on defamation suit |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2022, 02:26 PM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: Bersatu leader Badrul Hisham Shaharin, popularly known as Chegubard, says he is unfazed by Najib Razak’s plan to sue him over allegations the former prime minister uttered the phrase “Apa lagi Cina mahu?” (What more do the Chinese want?)
“So far, it’s all talk. I welcome the suit by Najib. There will definitely be a counter-suit,” Badrul told FMT.
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| Judge says Trump ‘likely’ committed crimes in bid to block Biden victory |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2022, 11:08 AM - Forum: Politics
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Donald Trump appears to have committed multiple felonies as he sought to return himself to power on 6 January, a judge said in a Monday ruling that ordered the Trump lawyer John Eastman to turn over hundreds of emails to the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack.
The extraordinary ruling marks a breakthrough and paves the way for the select committee to obtain some of Eastman’s most sensitive emails concerning his illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election, which he had attempted to shield from the inquiry.
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| Biden pitches US$5.8 trillion plan with record tax hike |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2022, 10:52 AM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment
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(March 28): President Joe Biden unveiled a US$5.8 trillion budget request designed to appease moderate Democrats on Monday, with a proposal that emphasized deficit reduction, additional funding for police and veterans, and flexibility to negotiate new social spending programmes.
Congress historically sets presidential budgets aside but they do form a key messaging device. The White House included measures that would add up to the biggest tax increase in history in dollar terms, helping stabilize deficits relative to the size of the economy.
The 2023 budget calls for US$1.598 trillion in so-called discretionary spending — areas that aren’t linked with mandatory programs like Social Security — with US$813 billion for defense-related programmes and US$769 billion for domestic spending.
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| Tian Chua must prove he’s truly Azmin-less, says analyst |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2022, 10:22 AM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: Tian Chua still has a future in PKR, as long as he can prove to the party leadership and members that he has cut all ties with former deputy president Azmin Ali, says an analyst.
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid of Universiti Sains Malaysia said the party’s rank and file should be willing to accept him back into the fold if he showed enough remorse. The onus was on Tian Chua, said Fauzi.
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| Royal address for first meeting, fifth session of 14th Perak assembly – Sultan Nazrin |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2022, 09:24 AM - Forum: Politics
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Royal address for first meeting, fifth session of 14th Perak assembly – Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah
HONOURABLE speaker of the House, praise be to Allah, and by the grace of Allah, may He be praised and exalted, we are able to hold this First Meeting in the Fifth Year of the Fourteenth Perak State Assembly.
The Covid-19 pandemic shall go down in history as the most devastating global disaster, affecting not just the world economic performances, disrupting lives, managing healthcare, and food supplies, rather leaving a trail of trauma that still tugs at the emotions of many, poets lament of omnipresent barbs of panic, tourists without destinations, wanderers without directions, explorers without borders, ships docked at ports, airplanes grounded in hangars, trains stranded at stations, flowers withered, farms unattended and livestock forsaken. More heartbreaking is the sight of millions in their death throes. More than 185 nations struggled to rein in the numbers, yet infection levels climbed, unrelenting. Besieged, man is herded into a complicated war with an unseen enemy.
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