Calendar 2007
Readers Comments
We invite YOU, our readers to send in your comments to us. Those that we find of interest will be published here on our web site.
Contact us
|
|
|
|
|
YB Tan Lian Hoe calls for quota to broaden women’s political participation
The Gerakan Wanita Chief addressed an international conference of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and Liberal International in Taipei, Taiwan, on “Advancing Women in Politics. The Role of Political Parties”.
German Elections: A Special Focus
With the elections only days away and major media all reporting on the event, it is not the intention of this website to speculate and predict the outcome of the results. Most readers following the issue would already be aware that the Christian Democrats with Angela Merkel as their leader is set to win the elections despite the Social Democrats gaining back some ground in the final week leading up to the elections.
“FIT FOR APPEARANCES IN THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA”
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation recently organised a training programme on ‘Improving performance and appearance in front of a camera’ with a two-day intensive small group training programme.
EU: Back to the future?
The French and the Dutch have rejected it; Britons, the Czechs and the Poles have held off their referendum indefinitely, and so have many other countries. Can Luxembourg’s Yes in the recent July 10 referendum, with its population of 200,000 voters, really save the EU Constitution?
Can the British opposition win elections?
Tony Blair set the date for the elections for 5 May 2005, and Labour came out victorious. Why is Blair still successful when he is so unpopular? What put Labour in advantage?
Labour’s historic win; Blair’s downfall?
Despite securing a third term win, Labour’s majority in parliament has been reduced by more than half. The 35 per cent of the popular vote it received makes it the lowest ever received by any party to win an election.
Liberally Yours – Anwar Ibrahim and the Idea of the ‘Alternative’
In a recent interview with the Singapore Business Times, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim raised the question, “how can you espouse political pluralism if you cannot tolerate people in opposition?” Along with other comments from the former deputy premier that mentioned more freedom for the media and the need for separation of government powers, it was also mentioned that Anwar Ibrahim does not solely have a domestic political agenda. And while there is active speculation that he could even return to UMNO or harness the opposition political parties into a cohesive unit, there is no doubt that the political commodity that is ‘Anwar’ is ever appreciating in value.
FNF Chairman Congratulates Anwar Ibrahim
The release of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from jail last month marks a momentous event in the political history of Malaysia. International reaction to this developmetn has been mostly positive, mainly in the form of welcoming the news while mentioning the progress of democracy and human rights in Malaysia under Prime Minister Badawi's administration. At the same time, many observers have pointed out that we must not forget how there is still a lot of work to be done in the region to the further the development of democratic institutions and practices.
FNF Senegal Workshop on Liberal Democracy
In October 2003, the FNF organized a workshop in Senegal on 'Liberal Democracy and Market Economy: Prospects and Challenges to the African Continent'. The event was attended by many key speakers, notably Zainah Awar, executive director of Sisters in Islam, who discussed an Islamic view of democracy and human rights.
"Re-Thinking Ethinicity and Nation Building" Conference
In February 2003, the FNF jointly sponsored an International Conference on 'Re-thinking Ethnicity and National Building - Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Fiji in Comparative Perspective', in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. A variety of participant attended, ranging from international academia, policy makers, NGO's and students. Among the key topics under the limelight were: ideas of the nation, public policy in the three countries, and developments in the three countries that affect ethnicity and nation building. Conference papers are due to be published in an edited volume.
Page 1 2
|
|
|
|
Democracy : News