Posted on 15 July 2010 By Koh Lay Chin.
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: [...]
Tags: Amran Ab Ghani, Kelantan, MP Watch, PKR, Parliament, Tanah Merah, interview, treasurer
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Posted on 09 July 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
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.
Tags: Barisan Nasional, Ding Jo-Ann, Found in Quotation, Kampung Jalan Pokok Asam, MELAYU, Malay rights, Mohd Hassan Mohd Noor, Mukhriz Mahathir, Parliament, Perkasa, Razali Ibrahim, Selak, Umno, Umno Youth, Utusan Malaysia, Warisan, bumiputera, fear mongering, political power, quotes, representation, voters
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Posted on 01 July 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
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.
Tags: 800 million, Datuk Seri Mohamad Nazri Aziz, Ding Jo-Ann, Found in Quotation, PICC, PWD, Parliament, Public Works Department, Putrajaya, Putrajaya International Convention Centre, Shaziman Abu Mansor, Sim Tong Him, architecture, budget, building plan, expense, heritage building, money, quotes, relocation, renovation
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Posted on 29 June 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
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.
Tags: Barisan Nasional, Ding Jo-Ann, Merdeka Center, Najib Razak, Parliament, Wong Chin Huat, pas, politics, surprise elections, uncommon sense
Posted in Columns
Posted on 24 June 2010 By Singa Pura Pura.
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 [...]
Tags: 1Malaysia, Barisan Nasional, Cabinet, Malaysians, Nazri Aziz, Parliament, Perkasa, Reid Commission, Umno, bumiputera, citizenry, letter to the editor
Posted in Letters to the Editor
Posted on 23 June 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
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. [...]
Tags: 2000, Article 48(1), Batu, Constitution, Election Commission, Federal Constitution, Parliament, Tan Chee Khoon, Tian Chua, Tommy Thomas, Zaid Ibrahim, mp, parliamentary caucus on democracy
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