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Bukit Selambau

Kedah Gerakan wants MIC candidate

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 24, 2009 5 Comments

PETALING JAYA, 24 Feb 2009: Kedah Gerakan Youth wants the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Bukit Selambau by-election to be an Indian Malaysian from MIC. Its youth chief Tan Keng Liang said BN had to honour the agreement made in the 2008 general election. “Any by-election should follow the agreement made during the last general […]

Govt measures for Indian Malaysians

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 23, 2009 Leave a Comment

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today announced several measures to assist the Indian Malaysian community and address their concerns. To begin with, the government will put on fast track its plans to repair and rebuild dilapidated Tamil schools in the country, he said. Najib, who is also Finance […]

MIC ropes in NGOs to face by-elections

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 19, 2009 2 Comments

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Feb 2009: The MIC has formed an alliance with several Indian Malaysian-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to face the 7 April by-elections in Bukit Selambau and Bukit Gantang, party president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu said today. He said the party formed a working team made up of party grassroots leaders and the […]

Acid test for new BN leadership

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 18, 2009 Leave a Comment

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 […]

EC: Three simultaneous by-elections not a problem

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 17, 2009 Leave a Comment

JOHOR BARU, 17 Feb 2009: Holding three by-elections on the same day is not a problem for the Election Commission (EC), said its chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusoff. With the date for the by-elections in Bukit Selambau, Kedah and Bukit Gantang, Perak already set for 7 April, there is now the possibility a […]

Kedah PAS not seeking Bukit Selambau seat

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 16, 2009 Leave a Comment

ALOR SETAR, 16 Feb 2009: Kedah PAS today confirmed that it is not seeking to field a candidate for the Bukit Selambau by-election. Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul, who is also Kedah PAS commisioner, said Kedah PAS would leave it to the top leadership of the Pakatan Rakyat to decide the best person […]

Don’t dispute by-election date: Muhyiddin

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 15, 2009 1 Comment

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

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 15, 2009 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Nik Aziz questions by-election dates

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 15, 2009 Leave a Comment

KOTA BARU, 15 Feb: PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat has questioned the by-election dates for Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau as it they give advantage to Barisan Nasional (BN) as it will be held after the Umno assembly late next month. He said the dates chosen seemed to suggest that BN had […]

BN welcomes EC decision on by-elections (Updated)

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 13, 2009 Leave a Comment

(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 […]

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