Marhaen Dan Rakyat

Baru-baru ini, penganalisis politik meramalkan Ahli Parlimen Muar, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman memiliki peluang baik untuk mengekalkan kerusi itu pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-16 (PRU-16) sekiranya Barisan Nasional (BN) dan Pakatan Harapan (PH) meletakkan calon. Syed Saddiq dijangka boleh mengekalkan kerusi itu jika berlaku perpecahan undi antara BN dan PH. Namun, perkara itu dilihat sebagai mustahil dengan mengambil kira beberapa faktor penting dalam arena politik tempatan ketika ini. Ada juga penganalisis yang berpendapat PKR berada pada kedudukan terbaik untuk memenangi kerusi Muar sekiranya bertanding menentang Syed Saddiq. SUMBER: https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/701802/berita/politik/amanah-johor-cadang-kerusi-parlimen-muar-dun-puteri-wangsa-ditandingi-ph Kemenangan Syed Saddiq di Muar dalam dua pilihan raya sebelum ini banyak dibantu dengan sokongan jentera gabungan PH. Pada PRU-14, Syed Saddiq menang selesa dengan majoriti 6,953 undi. Namun pada PRU-15, beliau mengekalkan ...

On October 21, 2025, the High Court will finally hear Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s RM150 million defamation suit against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Already postponed twice and reassigned to its third judge, the trial is more than a personal clash between two old rivals. It is a reckoning laced with irony: Mahathir, the very man who hollowed out Malaysia’s judiciary, now seeks its protection to salvage his legacy.  The case stems from Anwar’s remarks at the 2023 PKR congress, where he accused a “leader of 22 years and 22 months” of enriching his family. Mahathir’s fury—demanding damages and a retraction—rings hollow in light of the political economy he engineered. For decades, he presided over a system where politics and business blurred into state patronage, elevating a Malay elite that included his own children, whose fortunes now run into the hundreds of millions. For Mahathir to present this as slander rather than an open truth is less about justice than about rewriti...