With all that is happening around us, we may well ask, what is happening to this country of ours? Could Euripedes have been right all those centuries ago, wonders Zaharom Nain.
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To postpone the hearing of the habeas corpus applications by the PSM six who have been detained without trial under the Emergency Ordinance 1969 was the most inordinate thing to do, writes Martin Jalleh, who was in court yesterday. The last speech by the late opposition stalwart P Patto in 1995 contained the seeds of the call for electoral reform, which has since blossomed into the full-fledged demands of Bersih 2.0. It is time the authorities deal with the root causes of the people’s grievances over the electoral process instead of indulging in propaganda that insults the the rakyat’s intelligence, says Ronald Benjamin. Martin Jalleh hopes that Pope Benedict XVI will not allow Najib to politicise the papacy and use his visit to the Vatican as a political ploy and a public relations exercise. May we please allow those who work for the good of others to continue doing that? Dr Kumar, Chon Kai, Saras, Babu, Letchu and Sugu need to work for a better Malaysia; so too the many whose energies are now directed towards justice for all who are incarcerated, writes Veronica Anne Retnam. Alas, the Government got more than it bargained for when trying to banish Berish into oblivion, writes Martin Jalleh. Najib leads the nation forward into abysmal political backwaters. A poem by Prema Devaraj dedicated to the PSM 6 detained under the Emergency Ordinance. Detained Member of Parliament Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj wrote this message before 10 July 2011 during his ongoing detention. Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says “Bersih” is still illegal. What about “Kotor”, wonders Curi-cuci Malaysia. |
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Readers’ comments
16 May 2012 (10:40) Umno, how much did you spend to bring your crowd? Hello P.Ramakrishnan, Please don't start lying to the readers. You wrote 'The Bersih 3.0 crowd came willingly and voluntarily and spontaneously. There was no inducement.' 'There was no inducement'? Are you really sure or you are just play...