Updated 4:51pm, 13 April 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has asked Barisan Nasional (BN) component leaders who have any complaints about their representation in the cabinet line-up to see the prime minister. He said such a matter should not be discussed openly as they should respect the […]
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Ku Li: Assess cabinet after six months
By Jacqueline Ann SurinKUALA LUMPUR, 11 April 2009: The new cabinet should be evaluated after it has been given a chance to perform, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said today. “Let’s give them six months to perform and then we can assess them to see if they have earned the people’s confidence,” he said. Refuting a Bernama report that quoted […]
BN components’ cabinet representation
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties have more or less retained their respective quota of positions in the new cabinet and administration line-up announced today by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. In the new cabinet which has 28 ministers, four less than the 32 of the previous cabinet, Umno has […]
More BN component party leaders meet PM (Updated)
Updated 2:17pm, 8 April 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 8 April 2009: As the people eagerly await the announcement on the new cabinet line-up, which was rumoured would be made today, more Barisan Nasional (BN) component leaders were seen calling at the prime minister’s office here. The first leader seen leaving the office at Bangunan Perdana Putra at […]
Anwar: PR to form special panel (Updated 2:35pm)
By Zedeck SiewUpdated 2:35pm; 8 April 2009 PETALING JAYA, 8 April 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will form special panels to oversee each of the ministries in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s soon-to-be announced new cabinet line-up, instead of announcing a shadow cabinet. “These panels will be represented by members of parliament from all three parties […]
Hard lessons from Bukit Gantang
By Deborah LohDr M speaking to voters in Taiping on 6 April (All pics by Raj Kumar, courtesy of theSun) DESPITE the Barisan Nasional’s earlier denial that the Bukit Gantang by-election was not a referendum on the country’s new leadership, the ruling coalition turned it into just that within the last few days before polling. Former prime […]
PKR triumphant in Bukit Selambau
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 7 Apr 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s novice candidate S Manikumar trounced the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Datuk S Ganesan with a convincing 2,403-vote majority today in the Bukit Selambau by-election. It was an increased majority compared with the results of the March 2008 general election where, independent-candidate-turned-Parti-Keadilan-Rakyat-member V Arumugam won by a 2,362-vote […]
Sweet victory for Nizar in Bukit Gantang (Updated 1:27am)
By Deborah LohUpdated 1:27am, 8 April 2009 (Corrected at 6:30pm, 8 April 2009) Nizar, the winner in Bukit Gantang (Pic by Raj Kumar, courtesy of theSun) TAIPING, 7 April 2009: In a major boost for the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in Perak, PAS’s Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin won the Bukit Gantang by-election tonight with a comfortable 2,789 […]
Two stop busload of BN polls canvassers
GURUN, 7 April 2009: The police are conducting an investigation on two men who had stopped a bus carrying polls canvassers in Kampung Bukit Lembu near here on the excuse that they are phantom voters of today’s Bukit Selambau state by-election. Bukit Selambau state by-election police media relations officer Supt Hamzan Darus said the men, […]
Supporters told to calm down in Bkt Selambau
SUNGAI PETANI, 7 April 2009: Election Commission deputy chairperson Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar hoped today that supporters and vote solicitors outside voting centres here would control their emotions to avoid any untoward incidents. “The situation in the voting centres is good but outside it looks as if it is out of control due to […]
