(Crossroads pic by Lostmyheadache @ Flickr) PAS is now at the most important historical juncture in its 58-year life. Partnering Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and the DAP, the Islamists are now only 29 seats away from taking over the federal government. Winning nearly 80% of Chinese Malaysian support in the recent Bukit Gantang by-election, PAS […]
Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin
Lower Malay M’sian support for PAS
By Deborah LohTAIPING, 8 April 2009: PAS got a lower share of the Malay Malaysian vote in Bukit Gantang but won the parliamentary by-election thanks to a higher voter turnout and votes from Chinese Malaysians. Of the Malay Malaysian vote, PAS got a 43% share, while the Barisan Nasional (BN) obtained 57%. Chinese Malaysians, on the other […]
Political fatigue in Bkt Gantang
By Deborah Loh
UNLIKE the recent by-elections in Permatang Pauh and Kuala Terengganu, the campaigning for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat has a rather subdued feel to it. There could be several factors for this. With two other by-elections taking place simultaneously, the resources of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) could be stretched tight. And it could also be […]
Nizar’s continuing campaign
By Deborah LohIN the final days before voters go to the polls in Bukit Gantang, PAS candidate Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin appears to have changed tack in his campaign. The first few days after the 29 April nomination day, colourful photo-ops of Nizar were aplenty. Frying char kway teow as he wooed Chinese Malaysian voters. Mending […]
No holds barred in Bukit Gantang
By Deborah LohCorrected at 1 April 2009, 11.15pm and 2 April 2009, 2.11.pm THE Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat can be considered a mini-Malaysia as its racial population breakdown reflects the country’s ethnic composition. With 63.5% Malay Malaysian and 35% non-Malay Malaysians voters in the constituency, what happens here could well reflect the national sentiment. (Corrected) Expect a […]
New judge to hear Nizar-Zambry battle
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 MARCH 2009: Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin’s judicial review application to challenge the legitimacy of Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as Perak menteri besar will be heard before another High Court judge on 3 March. The case is fixed before High Court (Special Powers and Appellate) Court judge Lau Bee Lan, six […]
Perak’s political drama heightens
By Deborah LohTHE political drama in Perak, which has escalated from one height to another, is set to spike tomorrow with an emergency state assembly sitting to vote on two motions related to the state’s constitutional crisis. However, even if the emergency sitting is successful, it would not immediately solve the impasse. It would, in fact, be […]
Orang Asli in Perak apprehensive
By Zedeck SiewBIDOR, 24 Feb 2009: Orang Asli community leaders in Perak are worried that the state’s recent political developments will signal a return to a disregard of their rights. “We feel concern and sadness at what happened. Where are we in all this? Will Orang Asli issues, that were hot in the last 10 months, once […]
Hard for PKR duo to contest resignations
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 2 Feb 2009: It will be hard for the two former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) assemblypersons in Perak to challenge their own pre-signed, undated resignation letters, a constitutional lawyer said today. Jamaluddin Mat Radzi, the assemblyperson for Behrang, and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, the assemblyperson for Changkat Jering, can deny having sent the […]
BN will not win from Perak defections
By Wong Chin HuatEVENTS are moving so fast in Perak that by the time this column is published, the Barisan Nasional (BN) may be in control of the state legislative assembly if there are enough defections to its side from Pakatan Rakyat. Even though the two Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives who were tipped to cross over to the […]
