Two things we learned from the Perak fiasco — The Malaysian Insider
The Malaysian Insider | 09-Feb-2010 — Firstly, the courts are not the final arbiter. Such is the decaying state of institutions in Malaysia that these days a Federal Court decision is treated as just another decision. It does not have the gravitas of the US Supreme Court, judgments do not have clarity nor authority of […]
Majority of Perak voters want fresh elections, poll shows
The Malaysian Insider | KUALA LUMPUR, 05-Feb-2010 — Nearly three in four voters, or 74 per cent, feel that fresh state elections remain the best way to resolve the political crisis in Perak, a new poll conducted on the eve of the first anniversary of Barisan Nasional’s controversial takeover of the government shows. The independent […]
Foes unimpressed with Najib’s Umno popularity – By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
The Malaysian Insider | KUALA LUMPUR, 31-Dec-2009 — The whopping 93 per cent popularity rating received by Umno president and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak from within his own party comes as no surprise to his political rivals. Influential PKR elections strategy director Saifuddin Nasution in an immediate respond to the rating said Najib’s […]
Foes unimpressed with Najib’s Umno popularity – By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
The Malaysian Insider | KUALA LUMPUR, 31-Dec-2009 — The whopping 93 per cent popularity rating received by Umno president and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak from within his own party comes as no surprise to his political rivals. Influential PKR elections strategy director Saifuddin Nasution in an immediate respond to the rating said Najib’s […]
Poll shows strong Umno backing for Najib
The Malaysian Insider | KUALA LUMPUR, 30-Dec-2009 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak appears to have won overwhelming support from his own party, with a recent poll showing 93 per cent of Umno delegates saying the country was headed in the right direction, largely because of the “quality of national leadership” and “good administration”. A total […]
Malaysians see country as seriously corrupt
Angus Reid Global Monitor | 26-Nov-2009 – The vast majority of people in Malaysia say corruption is rampant in the country, according to a poll by the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research. 40 per cent of respondents say corruption is a very serious issue in Malaysia, while 41 per cent say it is a somewhat […]
Papers and TV zoom in on graft
The Star online | KUALA LUMPUR, 17-Nov-2009 : Newspapers and television are still the major source of information on corruption for the public despite the existence of blogs and online news portals, a survey found. Although the survey by Merdeka Centre showed that only 521 of the 1,241 Malaysians asked could identify any case of […]
Graft is most serious problem country faces, new poll shows
The Malaysian Insider | KUALA LUMPUR, 16-Nov-2009 — Corruption and abuse of power is the most important problem which needs to be solved, a new survey of voters in the country released today showed. The survey by the independent Merdeka Center also showed a whopping 74 per cent of those polled were dissatisfied with the […]
Who speaks for Islam in Malaysia? – by Dina Zaman
The Malaysian Insider | 11-November-2009 — Some time ago I was interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for a radio feature, and was asked about “… the creeping conservatism of (Islam) in Malaysia)…”. When I responded (to Kartika’s whipping) that this was what many Muslims wanted, even though they felt that an example should be […]
Independent polls gaining influence
The Malaysian Insider | KUALA LUMPUR, 09-Nov-2009 — When the Pakatan Rakyat government in Perak was unseated through defections in February, the local people were clearly unhappy. But just how unhappy? The independent pollster, Merdeka Centre, did a survey in the state to find out. Its poll found that half the Malay respondents believed the […]