SUNGAI PETANI, 1 Apr 2009: The Election Commission (EC) has denied that there are doubtful or phantom voters registered in Bukit Selambau. “Sometimes voters register at a particular address but then they move to a different area and do not inform the EC of this change,” Kedah EC director Zainal Abidin Zakaria told The Nut […]
PKR defies Altantuya ban
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 1 Apr 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim didn’t say the “A” word, but it didn’t stop his own party leaders from mentioning Altantuya Shaariibuu at a ceramah here last night. PKR supreme council member and Padang Serai Member of Parliament (MP) N Gobalakrishnan told the more than 1,000-strong […]
Apologise, PKR’s Gobalakrishnan told
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 1 Apr 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s N Gobalakrishnan has 24 hours to apologise publicly for accusing Bukit Selambau’s independent candidates of being Barisan Nasional (BN) stooges, said independent candidate L Sarala. Sarala “I also want him to show evidence today that we have received money from the BN to contest,” Sarala said […]
Pak Lah’s farewell with editors
By Ho Kay TatPUTRAJAYA, 1 April 2009: He does wish he had a bit more time to complete some unfinished business, but he sees no point now to have any regrets about what could have been. Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who steps down tomorrow after five-and-a-half years as prime minister, said this on 31 March at a […]
Independents “no ties with PKR”
PETALING JAYA, 1 April 2009: Two independents in the Bukit Selambau by-election who were previously connected with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) no longer have any ties with the party, Dr Syed Husin Ali said. The PKR deputy president said that Md Radzi Md Lazim and A Jayagopal, both former PKR division chiefs, are no longer […]
PKR: Phantom voters in Bkt Selambau
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 31 Mar 2009: Preliminary surveys by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) show a possible 62.5% prevalence of phantom voters in the Taman Bandar Baru housing area in Bukit Selambau. “For example, we found 63 registered voters in one residential address, and they consisted of Malay [Malaysians], Chinese [Malaysians] and Indian [Malaysians],” said PKR Youth’s […]
PKR wishes Kalaivanar luck
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 31 Mar 2009: The dramatic departure of B Kalaivanar from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is no loss to the party, supreme council member Dr A Xavier Jayakumar said. “Good luck to Kalaivanar, and good luck to Umno and the Barisan Nasional (BN) now that they have Kalaivanar on their side,” he said today […]
Jerai PKR chief quits
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 30 Mar 2009: Jerai Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chief B Kalaivanar announced today he was quitting the party and that he has applied to dissolve the entire Jerai division. He said he had consulted the division and there was an overwhelming loss of confidence in what PKR stood for. “At one time the […]
Independents in Bkt Selambau reflect uncertainty
SUNGAI PETANI, 29 March 2009: The big number of independent candidates contesting in the Bukit Selambau by-election on 7 April is a manifestation of the uncertain political situation in Kedah, according to a political analyst. Dr Azeem Fazwan Ahmad Faruq, a political science lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia, said 13 independent candidates contesting against Barisan […]
Uphill task in Bkt Gantang, says PAS
TAIPING, 29 March 2009: PAS secretary-general Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar said today the party would have an uphill task in retaining the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in the 7 April by-election now that the new Umno leadership was in place. He said the new Umno president, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, assisted by the new deputy president, […]
