Good morning. Here's what you need to know today.

Key Highlights

  • Wooing Indian voters

  • Seat rebalancing

  • Flood alarm



Wooing Indian voters

Politicians on both sides of the spectrum have made efforts to woo Indian voters over the weekend.

Pakatan Harapan chief Anwar Ibrahim vowed that if he became prime minister, he would order forensic audits into companies such as Maika Holdings - which were supposed to benefit Indians but became riddled with scandals instead.

Meanwhile, Barisan Nasional (BN) chief Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told the Makkal Sakti AGM that the coalition should get rid of its veto powers on admitting new members.

Makkal Sakti is one of several Indian parties which are "friends of BN" - and which have their efforts to become a BN member torpedoed by MIC.

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GE15: MCA hopes to contest all Gerakan seats in Penang
PM announces living allowance increase for Mara-sponsored students
Umno leadership to consider proposal for limited tie-up with PAS




Seat rebalancing

The Malaysia Agreement Special Council has endored a proposal to give Sabah and Sarawak 35 percent of the seats in Parliament.

This is to absorb Singapore's quota for Parliament seats under MA63.

At present, 75 percent of the 222 Parliament seats are in the Peninsular.

Reducing it to 65 percent means that a two-thirds majority in Parliament can't be achieved without East Malaysia.

It is unclear how the rebalancing of seats will be carried out, or when it will be done.

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MP blasts PM, Zafrul for silence on 24-year low currency exchange
GE15: Tok Mat has not decided on which parliamentary seat he will contest
Let me settle this behind closed doors, says Khairy on Rembau seat



Flood preparations

A meeting between the federal and state governments and agencies will take place today to prepare for major floods.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said they must be ready to face the worst case scenario when the monsoon arrives in November.

Separately in Selangor, residents in Klang and Kuala Selangor have been put on alert for possible flooding due to high tide.

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Landowner defends Gunung Lambak site-clearing - 'it's private agriculture land'
Restore the land, Kluang official to Gunung Lambak durian company



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What else is happening?

  • Najib Abdul Razak has withdrawn his wrongful prosecution suit against the government. However, his suit against Tommy Thomas remains.

  • Former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is suffering from dementia and does not recall his own daughter's name, his son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin revealed.

  • Parti Bangsa Malaysia expects to welcome three more MPs before GE15.

  • Cheyenne Tan may be the first Sarawakian to have been nominated for an Emmy award. Read her story in this week's Malaysianskini.

  • Suhakam's new chief has vowed to push for its annual reports to be debated in Parliament.

  • DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke has urged PKR to be pragmatic about plans to redesign the Pakatan Harapan logo.

  • Muda said it is prepared to meet PKR to address the latter's concerns about the youth party's bid to join Harapan.



HIGHLIGHTS

Muda eyes 15 seats held by BN and PN
Too late for Muda to be Harapan component, says PKR vice-chief
Anwar hints Harapan unlikely to make way for Muda in incumbent seats