PETALING JAYA, 13 May 2009: The Election Commission (EC) has allowed pondok panas or party booths on polling day but they must be more than 50 metres away from polling centres. The EC reversed its 27 April decision to ban the booths at a closed-door meeting with Pakatan Rakyat (PR) yesterday, the PR secretariat said […]
PKR
Najib’s Penanti strategy?
By Shanon ShahDATUK Seri Najib Razak’s assertion that by-elections are wasteful and his insinuation that the Barisan Nasional (BN) may boycott the Penanti by-election are not new ideas. Back in August 2008, then Kelantan Umno chief Tan Sri Annuar Musa called for the BN to boycott the Permatang Pauh by-election for similar reasons. Of course, the BN […]
Padungan state rep, PKR supporters released
KUCHING, 8 May 2009: Padungan assemblyperson Dominique Ng and nine other Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) members, including Ng’s wife, were released this morning. Kuching District Police Chief ACP Wong Wai Loong confirmed their release. They were arrested last night for staging a candlelight vigil at the Kuching Waterfront next to the Main Bazaar here, without […]
No decision on Penanti contest: Muhyiddin (Updated)
Updated 8.08pm, 4 May 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 4 May 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Umno has not made any decision yet whether to contest the Penanti state by-election in Penang on 31 May. Muhyiddin, who is Umno deputy president, said the Umno political bureau which met in Putrajaya today did not […]
PKR gives Manoharan time to decide
SHAH ALAM, 4 May 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will give Internal Security Act detainee M Manoharan time whether to vacate his Kota Alam Shah seat, said the party’s Selangor liaison chief Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. PKR and PAS would not intervene in the decision because Manoharan was a state assemblyperson from DAP, he […]
PAS-PKR conflict a political gimmick
PENANG, 4 May 2009: The PAS-PKR conflict in wanting to field their respective candidates for the Penanti state seat by-election is seen as a strategy to draw Barisan Nasional’s (BN) interest to contest in the by-election. The deputy dean of Universiti Sains Malaysia’s School of Social Science, Dr Sivamurugan Pandian, said such a strategy was […]
PKR questions Bakun
PETALING JAYA, 30 April 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has questioned the federal government’s decision to approve the construction of an undersea cable so that the Bakun hydroelectric dam in Sarawak can supply power to Peninsula Malaysia. PKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali said the party was “shocked” by the cabinet approval for the […]
Fairus contradictions
By Zedeck Siew“Of course we are busy, but we have to spend time to meet the electorate because they will understand if we are busy, but they cannot accept it if we don’t get down on the ground.” PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, reprimanding then Penang Deputy Chief Minister (DCM)1 and Penanti assemblyperson […]
PAS Youth wants to contest in Penanti
PENANG, 29 APRIL 2009: Penang PAS Youth reiterated its intention to field a candidate for the Penanti state assembly by-election on 31 May, although Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) had already named its candidate. Penang PAS Youth chief Mohd Hafiz Mohd Nordin said a meeting would be held with PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang […]
Mansor Othman is PKR Penanti candidate
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 28 April 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is fielding its Penang deputy liaison committee chairperson, Dr Mansor Othman, 56, as the party’s candidate for the Penanti state by-election on 31 May. This was announced by PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at a function attended by about 1,000 party supporters at Yayasan Aman […]
