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My condolences to the family of Roslan Shaharum. His passing on was very unexpected. Many have said it to be ‘divine intervention’, considering the political climate that looms over Perak at the moment. Al-Fatihah. * Perak is now in such ...
Perak, oh Perak
Y’know, I was sort of expecting the Sultan of Perak to announce the dissolution of the Dewan Undangan Negeri, and that we would be seeing snap polls in Perak in the very near future. So I was suprised when I read that the Sultan decided that Ba...
Interesting times in Perak
Following the “resignation letters” that the Perak state assembly speaker received from two PKR state assemblymen, it seems that a drama has unfolded. First, the letters are being disputed. Both state assemblymen are denying that they hav...
PAS wins KT
From Malaysiakini: 9.10pm: According EC official tally: PAS (32,393 votes), BN (29,969), Independent (191) with two more boxes to be tallied. (2,424 majority) From Malaysian Insider: 9.05pm: After 141 of 144 boxes counted, BN 29,862 votes, Pas 32,225...
Kuala Terengganu votes
Today is the day that Kuala Terengganu voters will be going out to cast their vote for the second time within the time-frame of one year. During the last elections, the Barisan candidate won by a slim majority of 600+. I say slim, considering that th...
Live Coverage: Debate on Budget 2009
UPDATE: The Politics Blog has bite-size updates of what is happening in Parliament, updated almost every minute. To watch live, click HERE. ************ So far, what I’ve heard is a lot of arguing and shouting. One or two valid points that I&#...
Communication breakdown?
It was reported yesterday that PKR was having ‘negotiations’ to meet up with Pak Lah. I think the reporter quoted Tian Chua. Of course, Pak Lah denied that there were such arrangements. And I thought, well, all in a day’s work. It&#...
I have the numbers (and more). You scared or not?
UPDATE: The press conference at 2pm Malaysian time came and went. Anil Netto has a more concise overview of what transpired. Read HERE. Incidentally, it seems that NST has chosen to title their article “No names. No list. No crossovers. Anwar f...
916…. 916?
I read with amusement, this statement by UMNO Youth Secretary: “Where are the voices of NGOs, Bar Council and bloggers who had voiced loudly the need to protect the rights of people?” “Why are they not coming out to criticise Anwar and tell him...
Anwar wins Permatang Pauh!
And with a bigger majority too! According to Haris: 9.13pm : Din Merican reporting from the counting centre Final unofficial ( whatever that means ) figures Votes in favour of Anwar -31,579 Votes for Arif - 16,045 Translates into approximately 15,000...
And polling ends…
Estimates are that 61% voted for Anwar. Could translate into about 10,000 majority. I was definitely hoping for more than that. But can’t put anything down until the final results tonight. I will be waiting. And hopefully, the results are much ...
Permatang Pauh: Desperate people do the most idiotic of things
This is what I read on the Malaysian Insider just 5 minutes ago: PERMATANG PAUH, Aug 25 With defeat staring them in the face in Permatang Pauh, Barisan Nasional politicians have been pulling out all the stops to damage Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim”...
Permatang Pauh, please go out and vote
Dear people of Permatang Pauh, I don’t think I can stress enough how important it is that you go out and vote in the coming by-election on 26 August 2008. A great thanks to Lim Guan Eng for being so considerate, and announcing a special holiday...
Race-based politics
A debate happened yesterday night between the ex-CM of Penang, and the present CM of Penang. The former is Koh Tsu Koon of Gerakan, the latter is Lim Guan Eng of DAP. I didn’t watch the debate. It was too late for me here. Looking at the photos...
Dirty tricks? I say it’s downright bankrupt!
Anwar says this: “BN will campaign house-to-house to ask residents in Permatang Pauh not to go out to vote on Aug 26, saying that I have already won the by-election. “BN will also give RM500 to each voter not to vote for Anwar Ibrahim, bu...
August a busy month for Anwar
Anwar has been summoned to appear in Court tomorrow, August 7th. Anwar’s birthday is on August 8th. This is something I read somewhere, some time ago. Nomination date for the Permatang Pauh by-elections is August 16th. Polling day for Permatang...
