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THE response from Umno to the Emergency declaration has been muted and cautious. The war cries and sabre-rattling from the party has come to a sudden halt and the political temperature has come down. It seems like Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has clipped the wings of Umno and put all political parties in a tight corner. Everyone had been so swept up by rumours about the appointment of a deputy prime minister that they were almost blindsided by the Emergency move. Umno, unlike Pakatan...

SINCE independence in 1957, Malaya/Malaysia has experienced three national Emergencies – Indonesian confrontation (1964), May 13 (1969), and the Covid Emergency declared on Monday. In addition, there have been five localised Emergencies – Sarawak (1966), Kelantan (1977), Batu Sapi, Grik and Bugaya (2020). Definition: Under Article 150(1), the term “emergency” refers to threats to the security, economic life or public order of the Federation or any part thereof. In Stephen Kalong Ningkan...

Published on: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 By: Malay Mail Jeffrey Kota Kinabalu: Calling an Emergency during the pandemic was a move to ensure government machinery could carry out its duties and at the same time force a political truce so that leaders put the people first, said Sabah Government leaders Tuesday. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan said the move was necessary in order to stabilise the Federal Government under such precarious circumstances. “With all the politicking...

Nation 14 Jan 2021 Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau. -filepic PETALING JAYA: Upko president Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau has invited lawmakers who recently abandoned the Perikatan Nasional government to join Pakatan Plus. Pakatan Plus is the moniker for a loose coalition that includes Pakatan Harapan and the yet-to-be-registered Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. In a statement on Wednesday (Jan 13), the Tuaran MP appealed to hi...

KINIGUIDE | This instalment will attempt to answer some questions based on PM’s speech and legal experts.

"The government has neither been able to effectively handle the Covid-19 pandemic nor the economy. "Investors are also not coming in and this has led to many problems," the PKR president told reporters after handing over face masks to policemen at the district police station here Monday (Jan 11). Anwar said tactics to buy over politicians by offering them positions should also stop. "We need to have the political will to save the country and not the positions of one or two people. "We need to p...

Editors note: This story has been updated to include the latest statement from the Prime Ministers Office (PMO). The Prime Ministers Office (PMO) has refuted rumours that Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein will be appointed as Malaysias Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) In a statement published today, 11 January, the PMO said that the matter concerning the appointment of a DPM is false news. The statement also refuted claims that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin requires ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will tighten COVID-19 restrictions beginning Wednesday (Jan 13), said Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in a renewed effort ...

PETALING JAYA: More Umno MPs may announce their withdrawal of support for the Perikatan Nasional government led by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in the coming days, says Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz. According to Nazri, he believes that Machang MP Datuk Seri Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub’s recent announcement to withdraw support for Perikatan might be a triggering factor for other Umno MPs to follow suit. “I believe many other MPs will do that in the coming days. Just wait and see.” “A major...

PUTRAJAYA: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has assented to an emergency to be declared in Gerik, Perak, and Bugaya, Sabah, thus postponing the by-elections for the two seats. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Cabinet had presented their views to the King on the by-elections, which were scheduled to be held simultaneously on Jan 16. “The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has given his consent for an emergency to be declared, for both by-electio...