March 18, 2008
The Menteri Besar of Perak has been sworn-in. He is no other than Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin from PAS.
It was certainly not a smooth ride for Mohamad Nizar leading up to the swearing-in ceremony. On March 12th, a day before the planned swearing-in of Mohamad Nizar, Lim Kit Siang, the MP of Ipoh Timur released a [...]
March 17, 2008
After BN’s performance in the 12th General Elections, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the PM of Malaysia must be feeling the heat. So far, Mukhriz Mahathir has written a letter openly calling for Badawi to resign, and Tengku Razaleigh has initiated calls for an EGM to be held in May to ‘discuss’ BN’s performance.
UMNO members are not [...]
March 15, 2008
Back to the past for some history lessons…
9th November 2007 (day before Bersih rally)
The people should reject street demonstrations and effect any change through polls, said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
The Prime Minister reiterated that today’s planned demonstration by the non-governmental organisation Bersih was illegal as it did not have a police permit.
Calling the organisers [...]
March 14, 2008
Malaysiakini reports that all 3 coalition government parties, PKR, DAP, and PAS has reached an agreement into the position of the new Menteri Besar of Perak, and also the distribution of exco-seats.
The opposition has successfully averted an impasse after party leaders reached an amicable decision to reallocate the composition of the Perak state executive council [...]
March 14, 2008
In every competition, there will be winners, and there will be losers. The character of a person can sometimes be predicted when the person loses. For example, when Koh Tsu Koon lost in the elections, he graciously conceded defeat and ensured that Penangites got a smooth power transfer. However, there are others, like former Menteri [...]
March 12, 2008
5 days. All it took was 5 days for the opposition coalition to show cracks, and this time, it did not even need Barisan Nasional to help them.
Today, it was announced that Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin from PAS will be named the Menteri Besar of Perak. This is even though DAP had won 18 seats, PKR [...]
