May 19th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 – Lim Kit Siang today said delays in the general elections will favour Pakatan Rakyat (PR), giving the opposition more time to “debunk lies” by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN). The elections must be called within a year, but uncertainty over its date has resulted in a guessing game
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May 18th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — Lim Guan Eng today defended Penang’s decision to ban Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia, calling it a “party organ” masquerading as a newspaper following criticism that the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) bloc does not guarantee media freedom. On Wednesday, the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) said in its report that a Pakatan Rakyat-led …
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May 15th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Datuk Seri Peter Chin Kah Fui insisted today that he cannot solve the stalemate over the transfer of Selangor’s water assets despite the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government threatening to sue him. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim has said he would bring the energy, green technology and water minister to court if he …
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May 14th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — DAP vice-chairman Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim has quit the party following his public spat with Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders over the April 28 Bersih rally, which the former senator said should not have proceeded at Dataran Merdeka. Tunku Aziz had also withdrawn his candidacy as a senator for the party after being told his …
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May 14th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will stick to its September 28, 2011 accord on hudud, where the Islamic criminal law will not be part of the coalition’s joint policy until all parties agree to it, despite renewed disagreements in the past week between PAS and the DAP. All three opposition parties told a press conference after a …
May 13th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has maintained that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) would implement hudud for Muslims if it comes to federal power, saying today that his DAP counterpart’s objection to the Islamic penal law was simply personal opinion. DAP national chairman Karpal Singh has called for an urgent meeting among ..
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May 12th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — PAS will implement hudud if it is the biggest party in a ruling coalition and will even change partners to do so, according to its Ulama Council chief Datuk Harun Taib. Hudud or Islamic criminal law is a contentious issue within the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition and DAP national chairman Karpal Singh had said on Thursday …
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May 10th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Barisan Nasional (BN) is expected to nominate fresh faces as mentris besar and chief ministers in a majority of states in the next general election as Datuk Seri Najib Razak pushes his political transformation programme with a younger set of leaders to compete against Pakatan Rakyat (PR), sources say. The Malaysian Insider …
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May 8th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders said former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s claims that the opposition is not confident of winning the general election are to hide concerns faced by Barisan Nasional (BN). Referring to statements recently made by the former premier, PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub (picture) said they …
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May 8th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Lim Kit Siang today sought the prime minister’s commitment to relinquish his rein over Putrajaya should Pakatan Rakyat (PR) win the next general election, and asked if the Umno president would cling on to power “at all costs”. The DAP adviser cited Sunday’s French presidential elections as an example, and how incumbent …
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