#portdicksonbyelection

UPDATED 11.17PM | PD POLLS | Mohd Nazari Mokhtar is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

PD POLLS | This is because Umno has decided to completely not get involved in the election, says party veep.

UPDATED 4.40PM | Rosmadi Mohd Kassim wants outgoing MP's resignation declared invalid, and injunction to stop EC from holding by-election. 

COMMENT | One would think Anwar would hesitate to use the term, having been called a 'liberal' himself.

PD POLLS | Apart from the former S'gor MB, Anwar's ex-aide Ezam is also considering entering the fray.

PD POLLS | ‘I want to be an independent voice, free from political patronage entitlement and vested interest,’ says Stevie Chan.

YOURSAY | ‘Perhaps one should vote for Chan to show the politicians that power rests in people's hands.’

UPDATED 11.29PM | PD POLLS | The decision was made during a central committee meeting tonight, says president Abdul Hadi Awang. 

PD POLLS | He had wanted to go against MIC or Umno, so he says there is no point in his candidacy protest anymore.

PD POLLS | Mahdzir Khalid questions DAP leader's criticism of Umno for not contesting PD polls.

PD POLLS | Some want to believe factions within Umno, PKR and PAS are talking about forming an alliance, says Bridget Welsh.

PD POLLS | T'ganu MB says the decision will not be up to one person, but the central leadership. 

PD POLLS | Stevie Chan says he wants MPs who vacate their seats without just cause to face the music.

PD POLLS | Now the party will have to tell its voters what to do in the polls – choose Anwar or stay home.

LETTER | Anwar's opponents can take a moral stand and save PD voters' time and energy simultaneously.

PD POLLS | 'I welcome the competition but I'll be happier if there is no contest,' says Anwar. 

INTERVIEW | The finance minister says it is better to fail while trying than fail to even try.

PD POLLS | A small majority would be used as ammo by those trying to stop his ascension, they say.

PD POLLS | The meeting would discuss if PAS will field a candidate in the PD by-election.

UPDATED 6.15PM | PD POLLS | Umno does not wish to participate in a by-election engineered to fulfil the 'personal ambitions' of an individual, says Zahid.

Meanwhile, a former MIC man offers to campaign for Anwar, if Umno doesn't field a candidate.

PAS info chief Nasrudin says this is because the gov't keeps claiming M'sia is in dire financial straits.

COMMENT | Top players are fielded the moment they attain match fitness, not sidelined.

Winning or losing is not the issue, being an honourable opposition and voicing out people's plights is what matters, says its president.