KUALA LUMPUR, 30 March 2009: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the transition process of handing over the premiership to Datuk Seri Najib Razak will happen in due course. “Just wait for that. Don’t ask me to say anything. All these things will happen in due course,” he said to reporters after launching the Puncak […]
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Abdullah to meet Agong on 2 April to quit post (Updated 2.40pm)
(Updated 2:40pm, 28 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 28 March 2009: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today announced that he will seek an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on 2 April to convey his intention of relinquishing his post as prime minister. Abdullah said the official date for the handing over […]
Blog launches petition against Najib
By Cindy ThamPETALING JAYA, 25 March 2009: The People’s Parliament has launched an online petition for Malaysians who want to indicate that they do not have confidence in Datuk Seri Najib Razak as the next prime minister. The petition is a way for constituents to direct their Members of Parliament (MPs) to demand for a Royal Commission […]
“Just a suggestion,” says Zaid
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 23 March 2009: Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has described his recent call that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong not appoint Datuk Seri Najib Razak as prime minister as merely a suggestion. “I said that the Agong should consider it. It is just an idea,” the former de facto law minister said today when asked about […]
Don’t drag King into politics
PETALING JAYA, 22March 2009: A constitutional expert disagrees with an appeal to the King to appoint someone other than Datuk Seri Najib Razak as prime minister. Professor Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi says the call, made by Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong to appoint someone else whom Malaysians can “trust and respect”, would […]
Zaid’s remarks “irresponsible and malicious” (Updated)
(Updated 6:48pm; 19 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 19 March 2009: Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has described as “irresponsible and malicious” the statement by former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim on the country’s leadership transition. He said the statement was clearly aimed at creating unease among Umno members in […]
King attends Conference of Rulers’ meeting (Updated)
(Updated 4:15pm, 19 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 19 March 2009:The 216th meeting of the Conference of Rulers today discussed, among other things, issues related to “fatwa” (edicts), the position of Islamic colleges and the appointment of judges of the Federal Court and Court of Appeal. Discussions on the second day today of the two-day meeting […]
Conference of Rulers meets today
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 March 2009: The 216th meeting of the Conference of Rulers was held at Istana Negara here today. The meeting, chaired by the Sultan of Kelantan, Tuanku Ismail Petra, was attended by all the rulers and Yang Dipertua Negeri except for Terengganu and Johor. The Sultan of Terengganu was represented by Terengganu Regency […]
Tear gas and arrests at GMP march
By Zedeck Siew
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 March 2009: Police fired tear gas and arrested several people during a march to Istana Negara today to protest the use of English in the teaching of maths and science. The march, involving more than 2,000 protesters, was organised by the Movement for the Abolition of the Teaching of Mathematics and Science […]
Tear gas and arrests at GMP march (Updated 7.25pm)
By Zedeck Siew(Updated 7 March 2009, 7.25pm) 39 KUALA LUMPUR, 7 March 2009: Police fired tear gas and arrested several people during a march to Istana Negara today to protest the use of English in the teaching of maths and science. The march, involving more than 2,000 protesters, was organised by the Movement for the Abolition of […]
