KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Feb 2009: Umno Youth will stand united to face the Bukit Gantang parliamentary and Bukit Selambau state by-elections in April despite the wing holding its own polls in late March. Umno Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that regardless of the party polls, importance and priority would be given to the […]
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Acid test for new BN leadership
PENANG, 18 Feb 2009: Eleven months after the 12th general election and the political dust has still not settled. With the Bukit Gantang parliamentary and Bukit Selambau state by-elections to be held simultaneously on 7 April, political parties will hit the campaign trail again, barely a month after the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election. Political pundits […]
Umno firmly behind Rulers
JAKARTA, 16 Feb 2009: Umno, very much disillusioned with the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leadership’s actions of disobeying royal command and wanting to sue a ruler, vows to stand behind the rulers. The party’s information chief, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib, in stating this here reminded quarters which ridiculed the institution of the monarchy and challenged […]
PAS cooperates with PKR in choosing candidate
ALOR SETAR, 15 Feb 2009: Kedah PAS will cooperate with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in selecting the candidate to contest the by-election for the Bukit Selambau state constituency in April. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak, who is also Kedah PAS commissioner, said the party would not interfere in the selection of the PKR […]
BN welcomes EC decision on by-elections (Updated)
(Updated 8:37pm) MERSING, 13 Feb 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) welcomes the decision by the Election Commission (EC) to hold by-elections for Bukit Gantang in Perak and Bukit Selambau in Kedah, simultaneously on 7 April. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also BN chairperson, said the coalition was confident of wresting the […]
Two by-elections on 7 Apr (Updated 3.03pm)
Updated 13 Feb 2009 at 3.03pm PUTRAJAYA, 13 Feb 2009: The Bukit Gantang parliamentary and Bukit Selambau state by-elections will be held simultaneously on 7 April. Nomination is on March 29. Election Commission chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof made the announcement after chairing a special meeting to discuss the by-election dates. The meeting, […]
Pensiangan, the 5th by-election?
by Chan Kok Leong(© Badly Drawn Dad / flickr) KUALA LUMPUR: It’s the season for by-elections, and Pensiangan (P182) could make it five since last year’s general election when the court makes its ruling this week. The High Court had ruled last September that the election of Tan Sri Joseph Kurup to the Sabah seat was null and […]
BN to prepare early to face by-elections: PM
PUTRAJAYA, 10 Feb 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN) will make early preparations to face the by-elections in the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak and Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. “We should start our preparations now. We have to work very hard to win these seats,” he told a […]
Lessons from Kuala Terengganu
By Deborah LohULTIMATELY, the heart of the battle for Kuala Terengganu was always the Malay Malaysian vote, which was, by extension, a referendum on the relevance of Umno. But the fact that Chinese Malaysians largely stayed with the Barisan Nasional (BN) is perhaps indicative of the DAP’s and Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s inability to penetrate non-Malay enclaves on […]
