Archive - 12 March 2004

The ex-premier says he will go to the ground and explain to the people what the ruling front's struggle is all about.

There is little change in PAS' Terengganu line-up with only five new faces being fielded and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and vice-president Mustafa Ali defending both their parliamentary and state seats.

Selepas senarai calon Barisan Nasional (BN) Perlis diumumkan semalam, ahli-ahli di beberapa kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) telah membantah pemilihan calon-calon di DUN mereka.

The PAS president unleashes a salvo on the two veteran leaders, claiming that their outdated struggles have rendered them irrelevant in today's political scenario.

Gerakan veep Dr S Vijayaratnam has come out in support of the party leadership's candidate selection process, seen more as a move to placate a group of disgruntled members.

Perak MCA chief Ong Ka Chuan says this is why Lim Kit Siang is moving to Perak this time around but the latter begs to differ.

exclusive Ex-Umno politician and sacked New Straits Times editor-in-chief Abdullah scotches rumours that he was defecting to PAS after he was seen with top leaders from the rival party last week.

The detainees refuse to end their strike until the ministry provides them with a letter stating their date of release.

Most of the three-cornered fights will occur in two northern states, paving the may for Barisan Nasional to secure a more resounding victory this time around.

Suaram hands over a memorandum it endorses with 22 other NGOs to election candidates listing their demands and expectations.

Calon-calon yang gagal membayar deposit bahan berkempen RM5,000 bagi Parlimen dan RM3,000 bagi kerusi negeri tidak dibenarkan pasang poster dan gambar masing-masing.

Given its limited resources, Keadilan will only contest in one or two seats in Sarawak. And the fight is expected in the Kuching Malay heartland.

On the royal blue corner is Syed Razlan Syed Putra Jamalullail, a businessman and youngest brother of King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin while on the green corner is Muslim scholar and healer Harun Din.

Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali mengakui tindakannya menyerahkan Parlimen Bukit Gantang kepada Gerakan supaya Parti Progresif Penduduk (PPP) dapat bertanding di Parlimen Taiping, mengundang kemarahan ahli Umno di situ.

As other states have spurned the party due to the perception that it is weak, Tajol Rosli Ghazali says Perak decided to accept it in order to prevent the party from quitting the front.

So according to Umno die-hards, the party will definitely be making a comeback among the Malay electorate in the coming general elections because Anwar Ibrahim is no longer a relevant election issue.

The ruling coalition has made sweeping changes in its line-up of candidates for elections on March 21, marking a fresh break with the leadership of retired strongman Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

To ensure a BN victory, the Umno division says it's prepared to make sacrifices. However, it wants the seat back for the next polls or warns there will be trouble.

Dalam negara seperti Malaysia, pegawai-pegawai dalam badan-badan seperti SPR hanya lima sen setangguk. Kata HISHAMUDDIN RAIS, tidak perlulah SPR 'nak gempaq-gempaq' dengan undang-undang dan hukum hakam.

A call is made to the Islamic party to shed its parochialism and forge alliances with all opposition parties if it's serious about wanting to rule the country.

Upset that their representative has been replaced by a younger leader, supporters of Gerakan's Hew Yew Chan threaten to vote for the opposition.

As opinion polls get popular in the country, the writer calls for properly trained researchers so sentiment on the ground can be accurately reflected in the surveys.

The judge says the application is premature as the EC's letter to the trio is nothing more than a mere opinion in reply to a query by the party.

The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists names at least two incidents in 2003 which proves again the Malaysian government's intolerance towards media freedom.