12 Apr 2012 - 12:03pm
As much as the Pakatan Rakyat leadership tries to brush it off, an indisputable fact has emerged of late and it is the reality that Pas and PKR have absolutely zero say in what is happening in Penang.
Events unfolding in the state have reinforced the general perception that PKR and Pas elected representatives in the backyard of Opposition leader...
10 Apr 2012 - 5:30pm
KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP-led Penang government will proceed with its controversial Robert Bosch solar photovoltaic plant project in Batu Kawan despite increasing public concerns.
The state government, it was understood, was only waiting for the German company to submit their comprehensive land and structural development, plus logistic...
10 Apr 2012 - 1:38pm
KUALA LUMPUR: An analyst said the Bersih 3.0 rally has nothing to do with pursuing electoral reforms anymore but rather an instrument to give the opposition the momentum for the upcoming 13th General Election. International Islamic University alumni committee member Khairuddin Zain said it is public knowledge there are...
9 Apr 2012 - 7:16pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Parti Keadilan Rakyat MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohammed Hashim said it is baffling that the opposition are now bent on criticising the Election Commission and electoral process when they were generally happy with the result they got in the last general election.Zahrain told The Mole: "There were no complaints...
9 Apr 2012 - 3:10pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) man N.Gobalakrishnan found it ironic for the opposition especially PKR to criticise the Election Commission and the electoral process when the party’s 2010 election was fraught with cheating and fraudulent practices. Gobalakrishnan who is now an Independent MP for Padang Serai told The Mole: “...
8 Apr 2012 - 2:19pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Bersih chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreevanasan claims no knowledge of having her image displayed in a political poster together with opposition leaders in Selangor.
Speaking to The Mole on Friday Ambiga said: “To be honest I have no idea about this until you tell me.”
“I do not know on which poster I appeared and where it is...
6 Apr 2012 - 7:58pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Pas will field non-Muslim candidates from the Pas Supporters Congress in Johor, Penang, Selangor, Sabah and Sarawak where there is a huge non-Muslim population. Its secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali told The Mole: “Quite a number of non-Muslims from the Supporters Congress are from states not ruled by Pas and...
6 Apr 2012 - 6:31pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Independent MP Wee Choo Keong said the opposition's current endless blame on the Election Commission (EC) and electoral process is puzzling as they had no problem contesting under the very same system in the 12th General Election in 2008.
Wee who had then contested as a Parti Keadilan Rakyat candidate and won the...
6 Apr 2012 - 5:55pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Council member Datuk Seri Shahrir Samad said it is unfair to blame the Election Commission (EC) and the country’s electoral process when the power to decide lies solely with the voters.
Speaking to The Mole Shahrir said: “Politicians tend to forget whatever result they get in an election is based...
5 Apr 2012 - 5:08pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Land law expert Prof Salleh Buang said people of Penang should apply for judicial review if they are not satisfied with the sale of land in Bayan Mutiara. Speaking to The Mole, Salleh said it is the only way for Penangites to get the State Government to explain, including the conversion of the leasehold status of the reclaimed...
