Tag: Dennis Ignatius
Dennis Ignatius: Is the DAP too mesmerized by power to see...
Like the MCA before it, the DAP is content to play second fiddle to UMNO in exchange for a seat at the table and...
Dennis Ignatius: The message from Mahkota’s non-Malay voters
Significant discontent amongst a crucial voting segment which PH can ill-afford to ignore.
One of the significant takeaways from the Mahkota by-election was the low...
Dennis Ignatius: Do non-Malay voters matter?
Though non-Malays are a dwindling demographic, they still play a significant role in the overall electoral process.
At the recent PAS muktamar, PAS leaders called...
Dennis Ignatius: Anwar’s progressive Islam or Hadi’s conservative Islam?
Ultimately, the difference between Anwar’s Islam and Hadi’s Islam is a false one because both lead to the same end – an Islamic state...
Dennis Ignatius: The failed promise of an inclusive society
Malaysia’s minorities have been betrayed time and again by politicians promising a more inclusive society. Perhaps we have been too gullible, too trusting.
First, it...
Dennis Ignatius: If not Anwar, who?
Clearly, the ground is shifting; people are losing faith in Anwar’s leadership.
One of the questions commonly thrown at those who are critical of Prime...
Dennis Ignatius: Ensuring integrity in government contracting
The public must be satisfied that everything was done to ensure that there was not even a hint of impropriety in the awarding of...
Dennis Ignatius: Holding its own in the great game of hypocrisy
Perhaps no other issue in recent times exposes the hypocrisy of world leaders than the tragedy now unfolding in Gaza.
Let’s start with Western...
Dennis Ignatius: Is the government getting paranoid about the media?
The government – and particularly the Communications Minister – must do a better job in dealing with the media.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has lashed...
Dennis Ignatius: Malaysia – middle or middling power?
PM’s over-the-top support for Hamas has taken Malaysia into uncharted territory.
Is it the absence of leadership that causes us to keep pivoting from...
Dennis Ignatius: Have we reached a turning point?
Turning point in how the people view Anwar’s government.
The PM is surely being disingenuous. By now, we don’t need lessons from him about the...
Dennis Ignatius: Quick to act against citizens; slow to act against...
All the laws are useless when leaders themselves are too cowardly to stand up for what is right.
A growing number of citizens have found...
Dennis Ignatius: Clearing the air on the KK Mart controversy
Unless we find a better way to manage such explosive issues, we will remain at the mercy of those who are ready to plunge...
Dennis Ignatius: More on the Bumiputra Economic Congress
Gone the reformers
One clear message that emanated from the recently concluded Bumiputera Economic Congress is that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has now turned his...
Dennis Ignatius: A bad week for Malaysia
Nation bruised and battered, our already fragile national unity now in tatters.
This week the whole country was plunged into tumult when a few pairs...