KUALA LUMPUR: An American political analyst says Barisan Nasional’s victory in the 13th General Election did not just deny Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim the opportunity to become Prime Minister, it denied the United States an opportunity to “subvert the elections and install a proxy regime”. ...
KUALA LUMPUR: Pas and DAP leaders urged Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) to come to an agreement on who their candidate is for the Selangor Mentri Besar post. Both parties however maintained they want PKR's Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim for the post. Pas Selangor commissioner Dr Abdul Rani Osman told The Mole his party central leadership had agreed to retain Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as the MB....
KUALA LUMPUR -- The MCA remained adamant in not accepting any government post at both state and federal level, following its dismal performance in the just-concluded 13th General Election (GE13), said partypresident Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek. "The party will abide by the resolutions made in the 2011 and 2012 annual general meetings that MCA will decline all government posts, if the party performed worse in the 13th General Election....
PUTRAJAYA -- The results of last Sunday's 13th general election will be gazetted this month, after which quarters who are not happy with it have 21 days to file their petitions. Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said the EC secretariat was now receiving the Form 16, on the declaration of the election results, from the 222 parliamentary and 505 state constituencies contested nationwide....
KUALA LUMPUR -- MCA president Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek, who will not defend his post in the party's upcoming election this year, will not bow to pressure to step down now. Saying that he would take responsibility for the party's dismal performance at the 13th General Election, he said he would leave at an appropriate moment, after putting the party in order....
In all my life being a Malaysian, I have never shed a single tear for my country until today. I love my country wholeheartedly. I campaigned and supported Pakatan Rakyat in 2008 because I believed strongly that was the best way to move forward for the betterment of Malaysia then....
KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) deputy-president Azmin Ali said he was asked by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to take over the Selangor Mentri Besar post in 2008 because Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim was not performing. Azmin, however, told the media at a press conference this afternoon that he was not hungry for the post and had put the party above his own personal interest and declined the offer....
PUTRAJAYA: Thirteen men will be brought to the magistrate's court on Monday to face charges for various election-related offences.Deputy head of the prosecution division (Operation) at the Attorney-General's Office, Datuk Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria, said one of them would be charged in Taiping for voluntarily causing hurt by slapping the face of a complainant....
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia needs more submarines to be able effectively safeguard the country's sovereignty, especially in the South China Sea, former Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Chief, Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor said.He said the RMN would need six, or at least three, submarines.Currently, Malaysia has two submarines, the Scorpene, which are based at Teluk Sepanggar, Sabah....
KUALA LUMPUR: The Barisan Nasional (BN) must do an indepth study and analysis on its trust-deficit if it wants to restore voter trust and confidence within the next five years.Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said it was imperative for the BN, government and its agencies to counter post-general election claims and contentions levelled against them in the social media, which could potentially undermine voter confidence....
