ALOR SETAR: Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor will have an audience with the Sultan of Kedah Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah at Istana Anak Bukit here on Thursday (Aug 17) to present his proposed list of state executive councillors. He said the list had been obtained from the Perikatan Nasional parties' leadership...
KOTA BARU: Meranti assemblyman Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud was sworn in as the 9th Mentri Besar of Kelantan today (Aug 15). Mohd Nassuruddin, 58, took his oath of office before the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V at Istana Negeri, Kubang Kerian, here. At the swearing-in ceremony, Datuk Dr Mohamed Fadzli Hassan was sworn in as the...
SERDANG: Umno will conduct a post-mortem to identify weaknesses that contributed to the party losing most of the seats it contested in the six state elections on Saturday (Aug 12), says its vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin. Commenting on calls for Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to step down following the party’s...
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...
SIK: Caretaker Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor stressed that he had no intention to show his marked ballot paper to the media before placing it into the ballot box at the state polls on Saturday (Aug 12). Instead, he claimed that the ballot paper was accidentally exposed while he was entertaining requests...
As expected, the result of the six state polls is a draw. To be exact, 3-3. Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional retained Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Penang while Perikatan Nasional kept Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu. Since it is a draw, can we say that no coalition or party won or lost? When we examine the political math of the draw,...
IT was a moving scene at SMK Seri Keramat in Lembah Keramat in Ampang when Bukit Antarabangsa candidate Mohd Kamri Kamaruddin from Pakatan Harapan came to vote with his ill wife in a wheelchair. It is a three-cornered battle for the Bukit Antarabangsa seat with Kamri, Muda's Melanie Ting and Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif from Perikatan...
TANJONG KARANG: It was a shot in the arm for Perikatan Nasional's Nurul Syazwani Noh when her family, including veteran politician Tan Sri Noh Omar, came out in full force together with her at the polling centre. Also with her were her mother Puan Sri Dr Aishah Salleh, her husband Hisyam Hedzril Nor Hashim, their young...
KUALA LUMPUR: Rain is forecast in one or two places in Penang, Negri Sembilan, and Selangor in the morning of polling day for the six-state polls and the Kuala Terengganu by-election on Saturday (Aug 12), while thunderstorms are predicted in the evening. According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) website, many coastal areas of Kedah are...
PETALING JAYA: Selangor folk will enjoy a public holiday on Monday (Aug 14) if Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional win in the Aug 12 state polls. Caretaker mentri besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari (pic) made the announcement during a televised address on Friday (Aug 11). In his speech, he urged voters to fulfil their civic duty by...
