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Bukit Gantang

Trading barbs in Bkt Gantang ceramah circuit

By Deborah Loh

April 3, 2009

Entrance to the Chinese fishing village of Kuala Sepetang WET weather has put a damper on the nightly ceramah circuit in Bukit Gantang. In the past week, most Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) gigs drew crowds in the range of 150 to less than 500 by the time the night’s speeches were over. […]

Bkt Selambau poll results after 10pm

April 3, 2009

SUNGAI PETANI, 3 April 2009: The result of the Bukit Selambau state by-election on 7 April may be known only after 10pm that day due to the large number of candidates contesting the seat, Kedah Election Commission (EC) director Zainal Abidin Zakaria said today. Fifteen candidates are contesting in the by-election, necessitated by the resignation […]

BN has advantage in Bkt Selambau

April 3, 2009

SUNGAI PETANI, 3 April 2009: Former Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin is confident Barisan Nasional (BN) has the upper hand to re-take the Bukit Selambau state seat in the 7 April by-election. The former Merbok member of parliament said there was a change in attitude of voters after they had seen the failure of […]

Mahathir to campaign in Bkt Gantang?

By Deborah Loh

April 2, 2009

TAIPING, 2 April 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN) is looking to unleash its secret weapon as it makes its final assault to woo Malay Malaysian voters in Bukit Gantang by bringing in Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to help with the campaign. The former prime minister may turn up to stump for the BN candidate Ismail Saffian, […]

No chance for independents: PKR

April 2, 2009

SUNGAI PETANI, 2 April 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) said today it is impossible for any of the 13 independent candidates to win the Bukit Selambau state by-election. PKR information chief Tian Chua said their presence would only split PKR’s votes and confuse the voters. “It is unlikely that any of them can win. They […]

No candidates have withdrawn

By Sharon Tan

April 2, 2009

BUKIT GANTANG, 2 April 2009: Deputy Election Commission chair[person] Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said no candidate has [withdrawn] from any of the three by-elections when the deadline for withdrawal ended at midnight yesterday. Read more here. This article first appeared on 2 April 2009 in www.theedgemalaysia.com under the title No candidates withdrew in three […]

Give PIS a chance in Bkt Gantang

By Deborah Loh

April 2, 2009

Kamarul Ramizu Idris IT’S an expensive way to set up a party, but independent candidate Kamarul Ramizu Idris believes the thousands of ringgit he will spend on contesting the by-election in Bukit Gantang is the best way to popularise himself. He is using the by-election campaign as a platform to introduce himself to voters so […]

BN and PAS face off in Perak

By Deborah Loh

April 1, 2009

(Pic by Raj Kumar, courtesy of theSun) NO other issue dominates the Bukit Gantang by-election as much as the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s 5 Feb 2009 takeover of the Perak state government and the sultan’s role in it. As the BN and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) take to the campaign trail, who has the better argument in […]

No holds barred in Bukit Gantang

By Deborah Loh

April 1, 2009

Corrected at 1 April 2009, 11.15pm and 2 April 2009, 2.11.pm THE Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat can be considered a mini-Malaysia as its racial population breakdown reflects the country’s ethnic composition. With 63.5% Malay Malaysian and 35% non-Malay Malaysians voters in the constituency, what happens here could well reflect the national sentiment. (Corrected) Expect a […]

A referendum on our future

By Wong Chin Huat

April 1, 2009

THE Bukit Gantang by-election has one overriding meaning. The by-election for this parliamentary seat in Perak is not about local development, as the Barisan Nasional (BN) would describe it. Neither will the election results determine Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s job as prime minister, as some opposition supporters would hope for. Voters in Bukit Gantang will […]

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