KOTA BARU, 26 Oct 2009: PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat hopes that the special meeting to be held by the party this Wednesday will resolve the party’s leadership issues. He said it did not matter if it was only a special meeting called by the party, instead of an extraordinary general […]
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Nik Aziz: PAS has to hold special assembly
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2009: PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat has suggested that the party hold a special assembly to resolve problems, including on leadership issues, and to revive the party. “For the sake of tajdid (revival), we have to hold an extraordinary general assembly,” he said in an article entitled PAS: […]
The BN strikes back in Manik Urai
By Wong Chin HuatThe BN campaign headquarters in Manik Urai BY any account, PAS’s marginal victory in Manik Urai is virtually a loss for the party. Its winning margin has been slashed by a whopping 1,287 votes, from 1,352 votes in 2008 to a wafer-thin 65 votes on 14 July 2009. In percentage, the decline is all the […]
PAS’s slim victory in Manik Urai
By Zedeck SiewMohd Fauzi Abdullah (with pink tag) and other PAS leaders celebrating their narrow win TALKING to reporters after PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah was officially announced as the victor in the Manik Urai by-election, PAS treasurer and Kuala Krai Member of Parliament Dr Hatta Ramli quoted former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “As Mahathir […]
Sedate in Manik Urai
By Zedeck Siew
THE 10-day-long campaign period for the Manik Urai by-election has been quite sedate, with few hard issues gaining any traction in this rural constituency in Kelantan. The campaign trail was peppered instead with the question of Kelantan’s petroleum royalties; the absence of PAS deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa from party campaigns until 11 July 2009; […]
Kelantan declares 14 July public holiday
KOTA BARU, 13 July 2009: Kelantan has declared tomorrow a public holiday for all state government staff and federal government employees working in the state. Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said the public holiday was regarded as an occasion holiday under the constitution and law. At a press conference at his office […]
A tough battle for BN in Manik Urai
By Zedeck SiewTuan Aziz visiting a school in Manik Urai Baru FOR the past week of the Manik Urai by-election, Abdul Aziz has been sitting on the porch of the Manik Urai Baru home of the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, overseeing a daily serving of breakfast. “Looking after the food,” Abdul Aziz says. “I support BN because […]
Unglamourous in Manik Urai
By Zedeck SiewMohd Fauzi Abdullah, a.k.a. Abe Uji, brick laying JUST before lunchtime on 8 July 2009, the candidate for PAS, Mohd Fauzi Abdullah, was in Kampung Budi, pushing some cement between bricks. PAS parliamentarians had sponsored a replacement for the village cemetery’s shack, currently in construction, and Mohd Fauzi was providing a photo-op for the media. […]
PAS-Umno fight in Manik Urai (Updated 11.40am)
By Zedeck SiewUpdated on 6 July at 11.40am Corrected at 9.15am on 6 July 09 (From left) Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah, BN candidate Tuan Aziz Tuan Mat, and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin KUALA KRAI, 6 July 2009: Nomination day for the Manik Urai by-election began this morning in what is the […]
Manik Urai focuses on local issues
By Sharon TanKUALA KRAI: Religious, Malay and local issues are set to dominate the Manik Urai by-election, the seventh for the country since the 12th general election 16 months ago. Located at about the half-way point of Kelantan, Manik Urai will see political giants Umno and PAS battle it out for the votes of the Malay [Malaysian] […]
