Malaysia Votes

By Farish A. Noor
THAT the leadership of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) has now come out to endorse the People’s Declaration – an initiative by Malaysia’s civil society calling for the reaffirmation of the people’s fundamental political rights – is indicative of the success of the behind-the-scenes lobbying in the lead up to nomination day, […]

Navigating through our election candidates
By Daniel Liew

WITH nomination over, it’s now time to think about the candidates vying for our votes in this 2008 general election. Based on all that has happened in the last couple of years with politicians, voters should take some time to really scrutinise each candidate thoroughly and understand […]

[L-R] Nurul Izzah, Shahrizat, Periasamy. Photos by Jacqueline Ann Surin.
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@malaysiavotes.com
KUALA LUMPUR: As early as an hour before nomination began at 9am on Feb 24, the streets in front of Bangsar Village were already filling up with Barisan Nasional (BN) supporters.
A corner lot opposite the shopping complex, which was once a popular mamak […]

Updated, with correction on 25 February, 10.45am.
Candidates and their supporters descended on 222 nomination centres throughout the nation, some since 7am, today (Feb 24) to file their nomination papers for the 2008 General Election. Jacqueline Ann Surin reports from the ground in Lembah Pantai and Danny Lim in Rembau.

By Wong Chin Huat
A Barisan Nasional (BN) message you can find everywhere in rallies, newspapers, radio, television and websites is that if you don’t vote for the BN, you will have no representative in the government to be an advocate for your interest – be it local development or cultural rights.
Understandably alarmed by the growing […]