GEORGE TOWN: Ten Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional assemblymen were sworn in as Penang executive council members before Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak on Wednesday (Aug 16). The ceremony started with Batu Maung assemblyman Prof Datuk Dr Mohamad Abdul Hamid, 49, who had been made the Islamic development, education and national unity committee...
SEREMBAN: The Negri Sembilan Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional pact may have had the most successful outing in Saturday’s polls in six states but losing five seats to Perikatan Nasional was something its leaders had least expected. State Pakatan chairman Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun said the defeat in Bagan Pinang, Gemas, Serting, Paroi and Labu were difficult to...
PETALING JAYA: The rise in support for Perikatan Nasional along the ethno-nationalism sentiments, known as the green wave, will lead to more racial divisions in the nation, say politicians and analysts. According to Selayang MP William Leong of Pakatan Harapan, the continued popularity of the votes for Perikatan by the Malays for the Malays - will...
GEORGE TOWN: Even before polling day, Pakatan Harapan and its ally Barisan Nasional knew Penang was theirs. At the launch of their unity manifesto two days after nomination, Penang PKR vice-chairman Goh Choon Aik predicted they would secure 26 out of the 40 state seats. As polling day drew closer, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow believed that...
KUALA TERENGGANU: Towards the middle of the campaigning period for the state polls, word on the street was that Perikatan Nasional had already captured all but one state seat – Telemung. It just needed to make that victory official via the Election Commission on Aug 12. Sources within Perikatan said this is why their war-cry was 32-0. Data...
TANJONG KARANG: Former Umno stalwart Tan Sri Noh Omar (pic) has told Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to step down as party president after its dismal performance in the six state elections. He said Ahmad Zahid should take responsibility for Umno’s defeats while denying the latter’s accusation that he (Noh) had sabotaged Umno, instead pointing...
PETALING JAYA: Amid talk that Muda had caused a split in votes for Pakatan Harapan, a PKR leader has voiced reservations about the application from the Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman-led (pic) party to join the coalition. “I don’t think the Pakatan leadership will look kindly into Muda’s application after this episode,” said PKR central leadership...
PETALING JAYA: Caretaker Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor did not commit any election offence by displaying his ballot paper, according to two lawyers. Legal practitioner Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun said there was nothing in the law that prohibits anyone from voluntarily disclosing their own vote. “The relevant section would be Section 5...
KUALA LUMPUR: There are growing calls within Umno for Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to resign as party president and take responsibility for its disastrous showing in Saturday’s state elections. Leading the pack is former Terengganu mentri besar Tan Sri Idris Jusoh, who said Umno was wiped out in all seats across the state. “Umno lost...
GEORGE TOWN: Padang Kota candidate Chow Kon Yeow (pic) said voting has been going smoothly since Saturday (Aug 12) morning. “Today is the day for Penangites to decide who they want to lead them for the next five years. “Last night’s final ceramah in Karpal Singh Drive was the biggest and nothing untoward was reported. “It was held...
