Young Malay villagers among the elderly at a PAS ceramah in Kampung Panji, Wakaf Mempelam on 12 Jan 2009 WITH the Chinese Malaysian voters — considered the decisive votes in the Kuala Terengganu by-election — appearing to lean towards PAS, attention is now shifting to the Malay Malaysian votes. The Chinese Malaysian community’s enthusiastic support […]
Why prioritise Palestine?
By Hafidz Baharom(© Peter Mulligan / Flickr) WHILE many are passionate in voicing their disgust at Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, I’m feeling an equal amount of disgust for all the parties involved. I’m looking within our borders and noticing that these very parties so outraged at Israel are hardly outraged with other issues affecting Malaysians. How […]
Reckoning with the electorate
By Deborah LohBN streamer in front of a temple in Kampung Cina IN the March 2008 general election, the 11% Chinese Malaysian voters in Kuala Terengganu were considered the swing voters in this largely Malay Malaysian constituency. Analysts have predicted that the Chinese Malaysian vote will also decide the results of the upcoming 17 Jan by-election as […]
I do not have an identity crisis
By Elizabeth LooiAUTHOR, activist, educationist and ex-politician: Dr Kua Kia Soong firmly believes in fighting for social justice. Despite being arrested twice — under the Internal Security Act (ISA) during Operation Lalang in 1987, and the second time for participating in the Second Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor in 1996 — Kua’s passion for justice has not […]
On the ceramah trail
By Danny LimCorrected on 15 Jan 2009 at 1am PAS ceramah in Kampung Panji, in the Wakaf Mempelam state constituency, surrounded by shrubbery IN the first half of a cool campaign that has matched the breeze blowing in from the South China Sea, the barrage of issues lobbed between the two major competing parties has mostly avoided […]
Harping on about hudud
By The Nut Graph team“When asked whether hudud law would [have been] implemented if Pakatan Rakyat had taken over the governement on 16 Sept, Husam gave an assurance that it would have been. When asked if he would push for hudud law if he became the Umno Youth chief, Khairy smilingly replied that he would…” REPORTED in The Star, […]
Keeping the BN afloat
By Wong Chin HuatCorrected on 14 Jan 2009, 3.30pm I ARGUED previously that the Kuala Terengganu by-election is a battle in which Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has little to gain and much to lose. A real turning point would happen only if Umno can seriously bring down PAS’s support to below 45% among Malay Malaysians […]
Poll: Candidate trumps party
By Zedeck SiewFrom left: Abdul Wahid Endut (PAS), Wan Ahmad Farid (BN’s candidate from Umno) and Azharudin Mamat @ Adam (independent) PETALING JAYA, 13 Jan 2009: The quality of the candidate standing in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election is more important than current issues and party capability, a new poll has revealed. Seventy-seven percent of a 527-person […]
Which side will “still be relevant”?
By BFM 89.9High quality (2.5mb) Low quality (945kb) THE implication for either the Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat, if their respective candidate wins the 17 Jan 2009 Kuala Terengganu by-election, is the same. In this 9.10am interview on 13 Jan 2009, The Nut Graph‘s senior journalist Deborah Loh tells BFM 89.9’s Norina Yahya that whoever wins in […]
KT’s decorative touch
By Danny Lim and Lainie Yeoh
WHAT’S an election campaign without a poster and banner war? As expected, the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat have gone all out to decorate Kuala Terengganu with posters, banners and billboards for the parliamentary by-election. Messages reflect the issues of the day, such as oil royalty, racial relations and hudud. There are attempts to […]
