Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who is also the UMNO President had indicated that Barisan Nasional may not contest the Penanti by-election if there is a consensus among all component parties. The Star had also reported on Sunday that many Barisan Nasional component party leaders agreed that the coalition should not to field [...]

Latest development in Pearl of Orient is the former Deputy Chief Minister 1, Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin, has resigned as Penanti Assemblyman. This will pave way for another by-election in Penang. Fairus from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) had earlier this month resigned from the post of Deputy Chief Minister 1 of Penang.

UMNO Story:
Remember that Datuk Seri Najib promised that Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh from UMNO will be appointed as a Deputy Minister should he win the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election. Datuk Wan Ahmad who was a Senator and a Deputy Minister then had to quit all his positions to contest in the Kuala Terengganu [...]

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) which comprises of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) is no longer viewed as the alternative to Barisan Nasional (BN). If in the previous elections, the people voted for this opposition coalition as a protest to the mighty Barisan Nasional. It seems to be surprisingly [...]

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, UMNO Deputy President and also Director of the Barisan Nasional (BN) machinery for the three by-elections, was reported by Malaysian Insider to give 5 reasons BN why is confident of a good result in the by-elections.

elevation of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as the new Prime [...]

The results of the three by-elections: Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai, turns out to be a status quo for both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat. Pakatan Rakyat through Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat, keeps their respective seats in Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau with bigger majority. Barisan Nasional through Parti [...]

There about 3 hours left before the campaigning for the 2 Bukits and 1 Batang by-elections come to an end. The new Prime Minister pleads the people to give him a chance and evaluate his leadership positively. I suppose Malaysians are quite open, he was given a chance and he doesn’t have to keep on [...]

The just concluded UMNO party election may have endorsed Datuk Seri Najib as the new President of UMNO but can he get the endorsement from the people as the Prime Minister of Malaysia?
Since the dismay performance of Barisan Nasional in the 12th General Election on 8th March 2008, there are voices within UMNO that called [...]

We heard of promises of developments here and there during campaigning to win votes. These are normal in Malaysian politics. Then we heard of sex scandal to bring down politicians which many condemn. Now we have the latest – superstition.

Tan Sri Alfred Jabu anak Numpang, Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister, as reported in The Star today [...]

2 Bukits & 1 Batang

February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Will the Batang burst in the middle of the 2 Bukits? Hey, don’t sway your mind else where. It’s about the 3 upcoming by-elections, Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau, and Batang Ai.
Of the three upcoming by-elections, Batang Ai is seen as the one with a bigger impact as the Sarawak state election is due in 2011 [...]

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