KUALA LUMPUR, 16 March 2009: The Kedah Gerakan Youth has proposed the Barisan Nasional (BN) supreme council membership include a representative each from Wanita, Youth, Putera and Puteri wings of BN coalition parties. Its chief, Tan Keng Liang, said the proposal was with the hope of creating a more dynamic BN for all Malaysians, irrespective […]
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Working committee for Batang Ai by-election
KUCHING, 5 March 2009: Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth has formed a working committee chaired by Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Youth head Mong Dagang to garner support from young voters in the 7 April Batang Ai by-election. Fadillah Yusof, the state BN Youth and Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth chief said their main role […]
Stop the illegality in Perak (Updated 6pm)
By Tengku Razaleigh HamzahTHE Barisan Nasional (BN)’s takeover of Perak has set off a chain reaction of illegality which has left Perak quite possibly without a legitimate government. One of our most prosperous states has been reduced to a failed state. One lie leads to many lies. Each bad action leads to a cascade of follies, particularly when […]
Perak state assembly secretary suspended
IPOH, 2 March 2009: Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar today announced that he was suspending the assembly’s secretary Abdullah Antong Sabri with immediate effect. Sivakumar also declared that the emergency sitting of the assembly, scheduled for tomorrow, would go ahead as planned. Speaking at a press conference at his law office here, Sivakumar said […]
Will Umno change?
By Deborah LohThe panel at the forum organised by Konrad Adanaeur Foundation WILL Umno change? That’s been the perennial question since the March 2008 general election. The answer may well be how much its incoming president Datuk Seri Najib Razak will let it. Three political observers, at least, believe that Najib will return to a more authoritarian […]
Nude pictures: Prove that BN is responsible
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Feb 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today challenged the opposition to prove its allegation that the Barisan Nasional (BN) is involved in the posting of nude photographs of Selangor state executive councillor Elizabeth Wong on the internet. Saying that the BN was not involved in the incident, Najib, who […]
Umno Youth candidates agree on change
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Feb 2009: All three candidates for the Umno Youth chief post, who debated in the programme Hujah aired over TV9 last night, agreed to bring solid changes to the movement. Rembau Member of Parliament (MP), Khairy Jamaluddin, said Umno Youth needed a package of common principles with the youth wings of other […]
BN Youth to launch campaign to support Rulers
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth will launch a signature campaign on 19 Feb in support of the Rulers’ Institution. BN Youth secretary Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the campaign would be launched at a gathering in Putra World Trade Centre at 8pm and was expected to be attended by about 5,000 […]
Don’t dispute by-election date: Muhyiddin
PENANG, 15 Feb 2009: Umno vice president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the opposition should not dispute the date of two by-elections because the Election Commission (EC) decided on it based on legal provisions. The decision, he said, was not wrong because the by-elections were to be held within 60 days after the Bukit Gantang […]
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 […]