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MP SPEAKS | The year of failing dangerously Modified4 Apr 2021, 9:53 am A - MP SPEAKS | As we sadly marked the first anniversary of the first unelected government in history, we remember then calling Perikatan Nasional’s(PN) perfidious overthrow of a constitutionally elected Pakatan Harapan government, as a severe setback for democracy and reforms. Such prophetic words have been proven true with the decision of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to suspend Parliament following a declaration of a...

The State of the Nation: Fitch’s downgrade of Malaysia sparks fiery debate The Edge 21/12/2020 Supriya Surendran © Provided by The Edge FITCH Ratings’ downgrade of Malaysia’s Long Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to “BBB+” from “A-”, has ignited a firestorm of comments, with everyone from politicians to economists providing their proverbial two cents worth on the matter. More concerning, however, is whether other rating agencies are likely to f...

'No secret any fragile government will keep doing backroom deals to stay in power' - Stephen Hagger.

Days and weeks. since they are there, they dont come together and talk very often the if at all, this is an opportunity to perhaps go over other things that are causing simmering tensions in the relationship. we know south and north korea can agree on much. they are still in there talking as we speak, george. >> kathy novak there for us live in seoul, south korea. for more context on these negotiations, we spoke earlier with stephen hagger, he is the director of the korean pacific program at t...