Archive for March 6th, 2008
A Subang Jaya Ceramah
By Christopher John
“I FEEL like Obama!” exclaimed DAP’s Teng Chang Khim, speaking at a ceramah in USJ 12 in Subang Jaya on Saturday, March 1. He added, “I thought I was great. I thought I could attract 4,000 to 5,000 people, but now I know that I am not that great. Now […]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under On the Ceramah Trail.
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Another Country, Another Election
by Farish A. Noor
[Updated with correction at 9.02pm, March 6, 2008]
The 4,000-strong crowd at the PAS ceramah in Kota Bharu on March 3 night. Photos by Danny Lim.
TUAN Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat looked a little grey and fuzzy on the videocam screen of the Special Branch (SB) officer who stood watching the spectacle […]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under On The Ground, On the Ceramah Trail, Top Stories.
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Mafrel, Bersih protest EC decision on indelible ink
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@malaysiavotes.com
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel) chairman Abd Malek Hussin and several other coordinators have withdrawn as Election Commission (EC)-accredited polls observers, to protest the EC’s sudden decision to scrap the use of indelible ink in the March 8 polls.
“In order to defend the principle of a free and […]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under Go Figure.
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Koh: Umno doesn’t dominate Penang
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@malaysiavotes.com
PENANG: Gerakan acting president and outgoing Penang chief minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has refuted the opposition’s charge that Umno dominates the Barisan Nasional (BN), especially in this northern state.
Presenting statistics at a press conference here on March 4, he said the number of constituencies that have been allocated to […]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under The Big Picture, Top Stories.
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Redeeming Malaysian elections
By Lim Hong Hai
Malaysia has held regular elections since independence. This is no mean achievement.
But elections not only have to be regularly held. They also have to be “free and fair” if they are to effectively structure and civilize political contestation and to confer legitimacy on government by the victorious party.
Malaysian elections have […]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under My Take.
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