Updated on 5 Feb 2009 at 11.45am IPOH, 5 Feb 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak returned to Istana Kinta at 10.55am, a half hour after leaving it this morning, together with the four assemblypersons who left Pakatan Rakyat, to meet the Perak Sultan. The four are Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang) and […]
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Sabah’s political history repeating in Perak
KOTA KINABALU, 4 Feb 2009: After 15 years, it looks like Sabah’s political history is being repeated in Perak. Both state governments were thrown into political turmoil after winning elections with a thin margin. The already tumultuous Perak politics was thrown further into confusion yesterday when Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) assemblypersons — Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi […]
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 […]
EC meeting on status of PKR duo
PUTRAJAYA, 2 Feb 2009: The Election Commission (EC) will meet tomorrow to determine the status of two Perak assemblypersons, Capt (R) Mohd Osman Jailu and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, who were reported to have vacated their seats. EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the meeting would discuss various aspects, including the legal perspective […]
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 […]
