Let’s do whatever it takes to win
We should seize the opportunity during this lockdown to increase testing capacity to reach millions daily in line with suggestions by experts and policymakers, writes Iskandar Fareez.
COMMENTARY
Kebaikan Parlimen hibrid
Parlimen hibrid sebenarnya adalah jalan tengah yang membolehkan Parlimen berfungsi menyemak ketelusan kerajaan ketika kes jangkitan Covid-19 masih tidak menentu. Ikuti pandangan Fakhrurrazi Rashid, Koordinator Penyelidik REFSA mengenai parlimen hibrid.
Surviving Covid-19 siege – Malaysia needs a lockdown exit strategy
What are the causes of transmissions at workplaces? Learn from it and improve our SOPs.
"As infections from workplaces continue to rise, we cannot help but wonder if the current set of SOPs measures up to this test."
The speaker must also know politics
The speaker occupies the highest position in Parliament and it is important that he shapes a more mature politics even though the political space has its boundaries. He must at the same time maintain political impartiality.
Mengapa Speaker Dewan Rakyat perlukan politik?
Speaker boleh menjadi contoh yang baik dalam arena politik negara bagi melawan politik jahat daripada pemimpin tertentu yang menganggap parlimen institusi yang merumitkan kepentingan politik mereka, kata Fakhrurrazi Rashid, Koordinator Penyelidik REFSA.
REFSA Notes #3/2021: PEMERKASA+ — A Drop in the Ocean?
Pemerkasa Plus is like extending a rope that is too short to reach the drowning victim. REFSA explains why.
Mengapa Parlimen perlu bahas isu Palestin?
Koordinator Penyelidik REFSA, Fakhrurrazi Rashid menyatakan parlimen perlu bersidang segera bagi membahaskan pelan menghentikan keganasan Israel terhadap Palestin.
Bersediakah Malaysia untuk sistem berbilang parti?
Fakhrurrazi Rashid, koordinator penyelidik REFSA mengulas tentang perkembangan politik Malaysia ke arah sistem berbilang parti menunjukkan negara kita bergerak ke arah persaingan yang lebih matang dan terbuka.
Mampukah Parlimen berperanan semula?
Tiba masa kerajaan kembali ke Parlimen dan membina semula institusi ini agar ia benar-benar berkesan untuk mengubah kehidupan rakyat ke arah yang lebih baik berbanding menekan parlimen sehingga ia boleh menjejaskan prinsip asas demokrasi negara dalam tempoh jangka masa yang panjang.
REFSA Notes #2/2021: 10 Questions for Bank Negara on the 2021 GDP Growth Forecast
Are we on the way to achieving a GDP growth rate of between 6.0% and 7.5% in 2021? Backed by recent data points which signal that more downside risks are materialising, this REFSA Note asks some pertinent questions on some of the assumptions underlying BNM's 2021 growth rate forecast.