Archive for April, 2013
Can rising star Pakatan Rakyat (PR) retain Penang state with bigger majority than its 2008 results? Will PR lose narrowly the crown jewel Selangor state but win more seats in Johor state instead this round? What about Perak state – can PR retake the state which has the fourth most parliamentary seats (24 seats), after […]
... written on Apr 30 2013Post Mar 2008 general election, Malaysians were introduced to the concept of political frogs, magnified by the infamous lost of Perak state by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to Barisan Nasional (BN). It began with 3 Pakatan Rakyat state legislators defected due to money and sex scandal. The most famous of the trio was definitely former Jelapang […]
... written on Apr 22 2013The Malaysian Registrar of Societies (ROS) dropped a megaton bombshell yesterday, just 48 hours before the 13th General Election’s crucial nomination day, and it couldn’t come at a better time. Ever since DAP, one of the three coalition members within opposition Pakatan Rakyat, concluded their party election last Dec 2012, disgruntled members who didn’t make […]
... written on Apr 19 2013Joseph Pairin Kitingan won Tambunan, Sabah, state assembly seat in 1976 (under Barisan Nasional’s component BERJAYA party ticket) and has been holding the fortress ever since. He was then Berjaya’s deputy president. He left Berjaya to form PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah or United Sabah Party) and managed to get his new party registered, 47 days […]
... written on Apr 17 2013Now that the voting date has been confirmed on 05-05-2013, the countdown for a change of government or otherwise has begun. Since caretaker PM Najib Razak loves to copy speeches from the past American presidents, here’s another one from former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln during his infamous Gettysburg Address – “The Government of the People, […]
... written on Apr 12 2013Christmas comes early this year, does it not? Going by the rate caretaker prime minister Najib Razak is dishing out money as if he was playing monopoly board game, everyone wishes general election is an annual event. I’m willing to bet all my money that Najib could become the next President of the United States […]
... written on Apr 09 2013Thank God it’s Friday. It’s a well know fact that one of the biggest problems facing Malaysian Najib Razak is the candidates list. If only his party, UMNO, has young talents such as Nurul Izzah, Rafizi Ramli, Tony Pua, Liew Chin Tong and Gorbind Singh Deo, he would not have constipation problem that he’s having […]
... written on Apr 05 2013Given a choice, Malaysian (PM) Najib Razak would like to cling to power via emergency rule, the same way his father did after 1969 racial riots post opposition huge victory in the general election during the same year. However unlike 44 years ago, today is the age of information where people get the latest update […]
... written on Apr 03 2013