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Maclean Patrick

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9 partyless Adun: Looking around for a solution

Maclean Patrick - July 28, 2016

It is July and these nine assemblymen are still partyless - Datuk Dr Jerip Susil (Mambong), Ranum Mina (Opar), Dr Johnical Rayong Ngipa (Engkilili),...

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Would Sarawak support Tun Mahathir?

Maclean Patrick - July 21, 2016

The politics in Malaysia is ever ready to create a spectacle when ever needed, and what bigger spectacle then the announcement that Tun Dr...

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Sarawak deserves the best, we should demand the best

Maclean Patrick - July 14, 2016

Please allow the skepticism for all things politic in Sarawak. For starters, to deemed any coalition the Third Force is seemingly too high of...

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Where has tolerance gone to?

Maclean Patrick - July 7, 2016

Sarawak has always been different among the federation of Malaysian component members. For one, we have the highest number of ethnic groups who have...

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Cabinet reshuffle: What is that to us in Sarawak?

Maclean Patrick - June 30, 2016

The Malaysian cabinets loves to play musical chair. And the recent shuffling of seats had been the third during the tenure of the current...

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Bill Kayong: Senseless killing, meaningful life

Maclean Patrick - June 23, 2016

The senseless killing of Bill Kayong, a social activist, who was fearless in advocating native land rights (NCR); should not mark the end of...

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The myth of power sharing in Sarawak

Maclean Patrick - June 16, 2016

It is amazing how easily people wish to believe that power sharing can ever exist fairly in any form of relationship, let alone between...

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Merely a power play

Maclean Patrick - June 9, 2016

And like clockwork, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera (PBB) would balloon their respresentation in the August House. Was it ever a surprise that such a move...

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Hudud: We are entering into a dangerous territory on the formation of Malaysia

Maclean Patrick - June 3, 2016

As Sarawak and Sabah celebrate Gawai and Keaamatan, those in on the other end of the pond seem to be caught up in the...

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How will Sarawak ever be opposition friendly?

Maclean Patrick - May 26, 2016

Will Sarawak ever be an opposition state in Malaysia? Looking at the state of politics in Malaysia at the moment, the thought of such...

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Chasing after RM20 billion in promises

Maclean Patrick - May 20, 2016

Moving forward from the elections, after all the batter on what went wrong and what could have been; Sarawakians should start collecting on the...

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The politics of land, the land of politics

Maclean Patrick - May 12, 2016

The scrapping of the Baram dam project by the Sarawak government on March of 2016 was a smart move by Chief Minister Adenan Satem. The...

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The curious case of switching religion

Maclean Patrick - May 5, 2016

Rooney Rebit’s 30-year-long quest to be recognised as a Christian has finally come to a satisfying end yet the quest could have taken longer...

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All part of one family

Maclean Patrick - April 28, 2016

The assertion by Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem that the state government of Sarawak had nothing to do with the 1MDB scandal currently making...

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Power play behind the scenes in Sarawak election

Maclean Patrick - April 21, 2016

So the chief minister of Sarawak has release the list of candidates for the upcoming Sarawak state election. And after weeks of speculation, one...

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The gorilla in the coalition

Maclean Patrick - April 14, 2016

Where does a 200kg gorilla sit? Anywhere they want to sit. Do you ever have that choice in telling a gorilla, where they can sit?...

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Strange logic to sincerity

Maclean Patrick - April 7, 2016

Parti Pesaka Bumiputra (PBB) deputy president Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg’s statement that Sarawak supports leaders who are sincere in helping the state...

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Cloud of scandals: Nothing changes in Sarawak

Maclean Patrick - March 31, 2016

By now, most citizens in Malaysia would have seen the Four Corners documentary titled, “State of Fear: Money and Murder in Malaysia” which aired...

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The politics of control in Sarawak

Maclean Patrick - March 24, 2016

The ban on Mat Sabu is the latest in a string of bans that seems to target leaders of the opposition. To date those...

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The arts of apple-polishing in Sarawak politics

Maclean Patrick - March 17, 2016

The reckless apple-polishing by Sarawak politicians the moment Prime Minister Najib Razak visits the state is beginning to leave a bad taste in one’s...

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Sarawak, the kingmaker in Malaysian politics

Maclean Patrick - March 10, 2016

The recent Citizen’s Declaration, launched by Tun Mahathir Mohamad, is stirring up the political scene in Malaysia. With Putrajaya being quick to defend Prime...

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When democracy means voting only one symbol

Maclean Patrick - March 3, 2016

As though the floods are not enough, Sarawak is now receiving a wave of visits from the federal Barisan Nasional (BN) counter-parts who are...

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Unfortunate for Sarawakians

Maclean Patrick - February 25, 2016

It defies logic that such people as Mahdzir Khalid is the Education Minister. Mahdzir was quoted as saying: “The Jews and the Christians have pledged...

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