KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Nov 2008: The Dewan Rakyat today uncharacteristically accepted an opposition motion – to debate the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide. Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia accepted the motion which was tabled by Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak) as per Standing Rule 18(1). “The issue meets the specific requirement, that it is of public interest […]
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PKR clarifies its stand on monarchy’s power
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 5 Dec 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) call for the return of legislative power to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong to veto bills passed in Parliament is based on the pre-1993 constitutional amendment, said its vice-president R Sivarasa. He said what PKR had proposed at its congress on 29 Nov was a return to […]
Zaid to do it “my way”
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 4 Dec 2008: The question on everyone’s mind now is which political party Datuk Zaid Ibrahim will join next. But the former minister, who was sacked from Umno on 2 Dec, is keeping his options open, downplaying his political affinities for now, while not ruling out a return to politics in the future. […]
“Sungai Siput is a PKR seat”
By Elizabeth LooiCorrected on 2 Dec 2008 at 11.30am PETALING JAYA, 3 Dec 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is staking its claim on the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat in Perak and the Kota Damansara state seat in Selangor although the elected representatives are from Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM). Dr Syed Husin AliPKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin […]
No offer of post to Arif Shah
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Dec 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today denied that the party would make Barisan Nasional’s Seberang Jaya state assemblyman Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah the Penang deputy chief minister I if he joined PKR. While welcoming Arif Shah to join PKR, Anwar said the post of deputy […]
Anwar’s new promise
By Elizabeth Looi and Ng Boon HooiAnwar and PKR leaders shaking hands with delegates FOR all intents and purposes, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is not a man who gives up easily. At Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s just-concluded national congress, he failed to adequately explain why Pakatan Rakyat did not manage to take over the federal government by 16 Sept as repeatedly […]
PAS to contest in Kuala Terengganu
By Elizabeth LooiSHAH ALAM, 30 Nov 2008: Pakatan Rakyat has decided that it will be a PAS candidate who contests in the upcoming Kuala Terengganu by-election. “PAS contested the seat in the March general election so it is only fair that we let them contest again this time,” opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today during […]
Anwar’s credibility doubtful, says Taib
KUCHING, 30 Nov 2008: Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud today questioned the credibility of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who aims to unseat the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the next state elections due in 2011. Taib said even Anwar’s attempt to wrest power from the federal government by […]
No change without PKR directive
By Ng Boon HooiPenang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (middle) SHAH ALAM, 30 Nov 2008: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said any changes in Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s candidate for the state’s deputy chief minister post is subject to the party leadership’s directive. Lim, who attended PKR’s annual congress briefly today, told a press conference the Penang […]
“Zaid must explain presence at PKR congress”
KOTA KINABALU, 30 Nov 2008: Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim must explain his presence at Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s national congress in Shah Alam yesterday. Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Zaid must explain to the party’s disciplinary board before action is taken against him. Muhyiddin, who is also […]
