Parti Ikatan Demokratik Malaysia (MUDA) baru-baru ini hadir dalam satu pertemuan yang diadakan oleh Pengerusi Perikatan Nasional (PN), Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Kehadiran MUDA dalam pertemuan itu menimbulkan persoalan besar tentang hala tuju politik parti tersebut yang selama ini dikenali sebagai suara alternatif anak muda, progresif dan lantang memperjuangkan agenda pembaharuan. Apakah langkah tersebut satu strategi politik yang realistik buat MUDA? Atau sebenarnya MUDA kini sedang hanyut dan hilang arah dalam landskap politik yang makin sengit sehinggakan terpaksa bergantung kepada parti-parti besar? SUMBER: https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2025/07/1247001/muhyiddin-meets-opposition-leaders-calls-united-front MUDA selama ini cuba memperjuangkan politik baharu dan menolak politik perkauman serta budaya 'patronage'. Namun, apabila wakil parti tersebut iaitu, Amira Aisya hadir dalam mesyuarat berkenaan, timbul persoalan tentang hala tuju seterusnya buat MUDA. PN merupakan s...
Thirty four years ago, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad introduced Vision 2020, a bold roadmap to transform Malaysia into a developed nation. Over two decades, he presided over the country’s dramatic economic transformation, shifting the country from agriculture and resource dependency to industrialization, high-tech manufacturing, and rapid urban development. His mega-projects, from the Petronas Twin Towers to the North-South Expressway, became symbols of a nation that could stand toe to toe with the metropolises of the West. Under Mahathir, Malaysia’s GDP rose impressively, and infrastructure development brought tangible improvements to generations of Malaysians. But beneath the glistening towers of Kuala Lumpur lay a system that privileged certain groups over others. Mahathir’s economic model was deeply tied to the idea of Bumiputera empowerment, preferential policies for Malays and other associated indigenous groups, which, while lifting some into the middle class, also marginalized Chi...