Archive - 13 March 2004

Perlembagaan Malaysia menetapkan supaya Sultan atau Raja secara amalan konvensyen dan undang-undang perlu menerima nasihat Perdana Menteri berhubung perlantikan MB.

Despite the huge turn out of supporters from both camps, there were no untoward incidents and the nomination process suffers no hiccups.

Petaling Jaya Utara BN's incumbent Chew Mei Fun contests the seat again facing DAP's Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew who is facing her for the second time. At Petaling Jaya Selatan, Keadilan's Sivarasa takes on Donald Lim Siang Chai of BN.

Subang Jaya state assemblyperson Lee Hwa Beng was granted an unexpected walkover.

"Whatever people say about Mahathir, he never tell me what to do and what not to do," said Abdullah Ahmad, the axed New Straits Times chief.

Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and two PAS candidates were kept waiting outside while the clock ticked away. They claim that this was deliberately done to enrage their supporters and a police report has been filed.

exclusive Ex-Umno politician Abdullah Ahmad discloses that his dismissal from New Straits Times was partly due to the backing he gave to Najib Abdul Razak in the party vice-president's bid for the deputy premier post.

Following the closing of nominations, the capital will see straight fights between BN and the opposition for10 seats while Bukit Bintang will be a four-cornered tussle.

Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang mempertahankan kerusi Parlimen Marang dan Dewan Undangan Negeri Ru Redang, Nasharudin Mat Isa satu-satunya calon dari luar bertanding Parlimen di Besut.

It was supposed to be a straight fight between BN and DAP in Pokok Assam, but absent mindedness crept into the equation and ruined things for the opposition.

Pertandingan tiga penjuru di Parlimen Pasir Mas menjadi tumpuan ramai bagi mengetahui sama ada Ibrahim Ali masih mendapat sokongan ahli Umno di situ.

While Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should be commended for his 'promising' start as the nation's fifth prime minister, it is still too early to pass judgement on his nascent administration.

The premier says he has heard that certain quarters are planing to stir up trouble and 'entice' the police to take action against them.

Keadilan leader Dr Wan Azizah Ismail faces debutant contender Pirdaus Ismail for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat in Penang. Elsewhere in the state, her party has given way to DAP in six other seats.

The parliamentary seat in Kuala Lumpur will see the DAP incumbent battling three others - a woman from MCA, an ex-DAP leader and an independent with a 'mohawk' haircut.

Unlike 1999, the turnout of Keadilan supporters on nomination day in Bandar Tun Razak was pretty low. This time, a party unknown is taking on the MCA incumbent who is also a deputy minister.

Keadilan gives way to enable the DAP candidate to have a straight fight with the BN, unlike the 1999 scenario when both parties refuse to give way.

The Barisan Nasional top guns file their nomination papers to defend their respective parliamentary seats in the 11 ^th general election.

The Perak MB's plea for the PM's help in Kinta Valley is an indicator of at least one thing: BN's internal problems may balloon into a bigger mess and DAP may win

Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing, Kamaluddin Abdullah says the opposition will use the nuclear scandal involving his company as an election issue.

The role of the elected representative, says SIM KWANG YANG, has been re-engineered to become errand boy, petition writer, god-father, public servant, confessor priest, jack-of all trades, and Father Christmas all rolled into one. In short, a Michael Chong!

The BN fortress has cracked! But the ruling front has nobody to blame but itself after its candidate is disqualified over a technicality.

The ruling Barisan Nasional coalition has won 14 parliamentary seats and five state seats unopposed when nominations closed at 1pm today.

Royal intervention has forced the BN leadership to make last-minute changes to its Johor line-up, ensuring that Abdul Ghani Othman will remain menteri besar after the polls.

An impassioned wake up call for the public to get involved in stemming violence in the country and not leave it to the police alone.

DAP will face off with Keadilan and BN in the seat held by MIC chief S Samy Vellu. The party also fields candidates in two state seats in this constituency, turning them into three-cornered fights.

Keadilan's Dr Lim Boon Chye today withdrew from contesting Ipoh Timor, leaving DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang to slug it out with BN's MCA incumbent Thong Fah Chong.