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Rafizi warns Harapan of doom
Anwar, Putin, and MH17
PAS’ blunder of its own design
Rafizi warns Harapan of doom
Incumbent PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli gave his party and Pakatan Harapan an ominous warning - if things remain the way they are now, they can't win the next general election.
He presented data alleging that Malay support for Harapan and PKR is below 30 percent - far from the 35 percent threshold needed for PKR to win 30 to 40 Parliament seats.
Even worse, non-Malay support has cratered to around 30 percent, meaning that PKR is also in danger of losing their mixed seats.
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Anwar, Putin, and MH17
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is in Russia now to meet with president Vladimir Putin.
But the trip may end up being super awkward, no thanks to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
While Anwar was enroute to Moscow, the ICAO dropped a ruling that Russia was responsible for downing Malaysia airliner, MH17, over Ukraine in July 2014, which killed all of its crew and passengers.
This has led to calls for Anwar to demand justice from Russia.
Anwar's aide and newly minted PKR Youth chief, however, warned against politicising the ICAO ruling and being dragged into "geopolitical games".
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PAS’ blunder of its own design
The PAS warband, ever scouring for “sins” to rain fire on like botched Jalur Gemilang flags, fell into a pit of its own design.
After all the outrage over botched flags last month, the party's Terengganu chapter failed to spot that the Jalur Gemilang it incorporated into an event logo did not have enough points on the yellow star, nor did it have enough red and white stripes.
The party sought forgiveness and fixed the design. After all, it was a "technical error".
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