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The party’s planned candidate for Pasir Mas says he made the decision to withdraw with a heavy heart, but wants BN to recapture Kelantan.

The BN candidate for Pasir Mas was at the nomination centre, but did not file his papers. Looks like BN wants Ibrahim Ali after all.

If you find keeping track of the 222 contests for parliamentary seats in this coming general election daunting, this list might just help you out.

FREE YOURSAY 'How could a racist like Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali stand for election? His place is not in Parliament, his place is in jail.'

UPDATED 6.25PM Nazri Aziz describes the Perkasa veep as a good speaker, a good politician and a good 'principled' man.

Although Ibrahim Ali is happy for Zulkifli Noordin, he felt that BN should have at least told him why he was not being fielded.

So long as the Malay rights group Perkasa chief contests under the BN logo, says the Pasir Mas Umno division chief Hanafi Mamat.

Unlike Anwar Ibrahim, Ibrahim Ali is consistent and never changed sides, says former Kedah MB Sanusi Junid.

However, it will only be known if he is contesting under BN or as an Independent on nomination or the day before, he says.

The question is will the Perkasa president, who had won on a PAS ticket, contest as a BN candidate or an Independent?

FREE YOURSAY 'If he bows to Mahathir and Ibrahim, Najib stands accused of having betrayed the non-Malay parties in BN.'

Mahathir's support of the Perkasa president is his way of shoring up support with Umno extremists, adds PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah.

 

Backing Ibrahim Ali for the Pasir Mas seat, the ex-PM says the country would be saved if there were more people like him.

UPDATED 1.15PM The Perkasa president claims he had nothing to do with posting the article on a judge on the NGO’s website.

Kulim-Bandar Baru MP and Perkasa leader Zulkifli Noordin apologises to Indians, says his speech was made 10 years ago, when he was with PAS.

UPDATED 5.20PM They are disappointed with police inaction against Kulim-Bandar Baru MP and Perkasa leader Zulkifli Noordin.

FREE YOURSAY 'While Umno's Perkasa insults the Hindu religion big time, a Hindu rights group begs Umno to support them.'

‘The words uttered by Zulkifli Noordin amount to one of the worst-ever attacks upon a major religion,’ says PKR’s N Surendran.

I don't know how far it is true that Teng has been threatened by Perkasa, but if it is true, I pity him, says the Penang chief minister.

UPDATED 6.40PM BN chief's participation in a Perkasa-linked rally has landed him in the soup with various quarters.

UPDATED 2.45PM PKR duo Sivarasa Rasiah and N Surendran filed the application against blogger Zainuddin Salleh and Perkasa head Ibrahim Ali.

Ibrahim Ali claims that Bala and the opposition want to create a negative perception against the gov’t through ‘rhetorical ceramah’.

The proceedings application proper is set to be heard next month, according to counsel for Anwar Ibrahim.

Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali says everyone must accept whatever were the results of the GE with an open heart.