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Key Highlights

  • PAS flexes muscles at Bersatu

  • Tragic Malaysia Day for Sabah

  • Call to merge matriculation-STPM

PAS flexes muscles at Bersatu

Crisis-addled Bersatu's days steering Perikatan Nasional are numbered.

PAS has made it clear that it's done giving deference to Bersatu, and during its just-concluded muktamar, asserted its position as the most powerful party in PN.

This comes just over a week after Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin thanked PAS for trusting the party to lead PN despite being a smaller party.

But it's not just control of PN that PAS wants. It’s eyeing the prime minister post too.

While PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang cautioned against being hasty on the matter, he outlined a clear vision about who should be the next prime minister.

Specifically, he said the premier should be someone below 70.

Muhyiddin - who previously counted on Hadi as a benefactor - is 78.

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Tragic Malaysia Day for Sabah

Malaysia Day was a sombre occasion in Sabah, after floods and deadly landslides inundated the state.

At least 13 people have been killed by landslides triggered by days of relentless rain.

As of Tuesday night, more than 2,800 people have been displaced by floods in the state.

The flooding and landslides had prompted the state government to cancel Malaysia Day celebrations in the state.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim approved RM10 million for immediate aid to victims.

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Call to merge matriculation-STPM

Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany) triggered a wave of upset after it called for the matriculation to be abolished, and for STPM to be the sole benchmark for entry into public universities.

However, it later said it had used the wrong term, and was instead proposing a merger between matriculation and STPM.

The initial abolition call has led to a police probe, while Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek dismissed any need for a revamp.

Meanwhile, the case of a Chinese matriculation graduate who has a perfect score as per the UPU system but was unable to get into a law programme is also in the spotlight.

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