PETALING JAYA, 5 Dec 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) call for the return of legislative power to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong to veto bills passed in Parliament is based on the pre-1993 constitutional amendment, said its vice-president R Sivarasa. He said what PKR had proposed at its congress on 29 Nov was a return to […]
Archives for December 2008
KT by-election nomination 6 Jan, polling 17 Jan
PUTRAJAYA, 5 Dec 2008: The Election Commission (EC) fixed 6 Jan 2009 as the nomination day for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election in Terengganu and 17 Jan 2009 for polling, EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar announced in Putrajaya today. — Bernama
Understanding Islam
By Shanon ShahMANY applauded when PAS Member of Parliament (MP) for Shah Alam, Khalid Samad, stepped into the Catholic Church of the Divine Mercy after his 8 March 2008 general election victory. In this second and final part of an exclusive interview with The Nut Graph, Khalid responds to the recent fatwas banning tomboys and yoga, and […]
Myth-makers in our midst
By Jacqueline Ann SurinONE of the common beliefs I sometimes grazed against as a child in a Catholic family was that menstruating women were unclean, and hence unfit to serve in church. It didn’t matter that this belief contradicted what I had learnt from catechism about how God made everything. Including, I presumed, the female body and all […]
The constitutional right to unbelief
By Hafidz BaharomTHE Rukunegara‘s first principle emphasises belief in God, in case anyone has forgotten. In our Federal Constitution, Article 11 upholds freedom of religion. Personally, I view both items to be out of touch with the rakyat of today. During a recent roundtable on the future of this country, I said that as a democracy, Malaysia […]
Punishing negligent parents just a proposal
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Dec 2008: Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said a recent announcement by police that they will punish negligent parents who fail to care for their children was just a proposal. He said if ever there was any arrest, a detailed investigation would have to be done before any action was […]
15 cars buried in landslip
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Dec 2008: About 15 cars parked between the CIMB and Amanah Raya buildings in Jalan Semantan here were buried under mud and rubble when a landslip occurred there at 5.15pm today. However, there were no reports of any casualties, according to a police officer stationed there. Heavy rain since 2pm is believed […]
Opposition’s motions to cut salary of IGP fail
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Dec 2008: Two Opposition motions to have the salary of Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan cut by RM10 failed in Dewan Rakyat today. Debate and windup on the two motions lasted some four hours ending in block voting which saw 30 MPs for it but 48 against. Lim Kit Siang […]
Shahrizat-Rafidah relationship not jeopadised
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Dec 2008: Wanita Umno vice-chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said her decision to contest the post of Wanita Umno chief at the party polls next March should not jeopardise her relationship with incumbent Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz. “It’s just a contest and we have a code of ethics to follow. We […]
Mukhriz’s remarks misinterpreted
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Dec 2008: Jerlun Member of Parliament Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir’s remarks about integrating vernacular and mainstream schools have been misinterpreted and made polemic by certain quarters, said Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. “Neither do the remarks have any racial connotations,” Hishamuddin, who is also Umno Youth chief, told a press conference at […]
