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Amran Ab Ghani (Tanah Merah) [Updated 15 July 2010]

Amran Ab Ghani (Tanah Merah) [Updated 15 July 2010]

TANAH MERAH Member of Parliament (MP) Amran Ab Ghani’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Amran Ab Ghani Constituency: Tanah Merah Party: PKR Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: • Kelantan treasurer Membership in parliamentary committees or caucuses: None Blog/Website: [...]

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Malay Malaysians under siege? Utusan Malaysia reports

Malay Malaysians under siege? Utusan Malaysia reports

Are Malay Malaysians really under siege? Are non-Malay Malaysians becoming the majority? Read what Utusan Malaysia has to say about this in Found in Quotation.

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Moving Parliament

Moving Parliament

IS Parliament moving? Is it being renovated? Do our ministers know what they’re talking about when they make public announcements? Find out in Found in Quotation.

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<em>Uncommon Sense</em> with Wong Chin Huat: <br />Surprise elections?

Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat:
Surprise elections?

Malaysia’s constitution requires a general election to be called at least once every five years. However, the prime minister can also request for Parliament to be dissolved at any time within that five years. But should the calling of a general election be a surprise? The Nut Graph speaks to political scientist Wong Chin Huat for his views.

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Bumiputera-ness: who decides?

Bumiputera-ness: who decides?

MINISTER in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz’s recent assertion respecting the bumiputera-ness of Siamese Malaysians piques my interest to no end. Who or what decides on the bumiputera-ness or the bumiputera-less-ness of a Malaysian citizen? Is it the Federal Constitution? Was it the Reid Commission? Is it the cabinet, or [...]

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“Tian Chua keeps seat if EC stays mum”

“Tian Chua keeps seat if EC stays mum”

PETALING JAYA, 23 June 2010: Batu Member of Parliament Chua Tian Chang will keep his seat if the Election Commission (EC) refuses to declare it vacant, said constitutional lawyer Tommy Thomas. This is despite Thomas’s view that Chua was disqualified as an MP when the High Court fined him RM2,000 for biting a police officer. [...]

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