(Updated 3:03pm, 3 Feb 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 3 Feb 2009: The Election Commission has ruled that Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (PKR-Behrang) and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu (PKR-Changkat Jering) are still Perak state assemblypersons, its chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said today. Abdul Aziz said this was because the EC found that there were doubts over […]
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Defections unethical, says Khairy
By Jacqueline Ann Surin and Shanon ShahKUALA LUMPUR, 3 Feb 2009: Umno Youth chief aspirant Khairy Jamaluddin said he is opposed to party-hopping because it is unethical, but he will not support anti-hopping legislation. “I personally have written and spoken about party-hopping being unethical, and I would hold that line. “But when there’s no legislation preventing it from happening, you can […]
Pakatan will not dissolve Perak legislative assembly
IPOH, 2 Feb 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat-led Perak government will not dissolve the state legislative assembly to seek a new mandate as it is still stable, said senior state executive councillor Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham. He urged the Election Commission (EC) to call for by-elections in Changkat Jering and Behrang, as both state seats had […]
Perak PKR: Jamaluddin, Osman still PKR elected reps
IPOH, 2 Feb 2009: Perak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chairperson Osman Abdul Rahman said today that PKR still considers the Behrang and Changkat Jering assemblypersons as the party’s elected representatives. In a Bernama report, he said that so far, the two had not made any announcement to the contrary. “We have not received any resignation […]
Perak speaker informs EC two vacant state seats
IPOH, 2 Feb 2009: Perak state legislative assembly speaker V Sivakumar has handed over an official letter to the Election Commission (EC) informing that the Behrang and Changkat Jering seats are now vacant. In a one-paragraph statement faxed to Bernama here, he said, the letter was handed over to Perak EC director Ahmad Adli Abdullah […]