Terima kasih my ass
The DAP didn’t put up this banner in the Sg Rapat area in Ipoh. Who did? And why?
Wednesday, 19-03-2008
Monday, 17-03-2008
Perak MB-designate Wows Chinese Crowd
Perak Menteri Besar-designate Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin of PAS turned up at the ”What’s Coming Next” political forum held in Ipoh last Sunday and immediately stunned the Chinese crowd by speaking in Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Tamil, then in English and Malay.
The audience was speechless then gave the PAS leader a rousing applause. The forum was organized by Guang Ming Daily, Sin Chew Daily, Eye Asia and Sin Chew-i and held at Dewan Dou Mu in Ipoh at 2pm and attracted 3000 people. Speakers included PKR national vice-president Dr Lee Boon Chye, Perak DAP chief Ngeh Koo Ham, Wangsa Maju Member of Parliament Wee Choo Keong and Sin Chew’s Deputy Chief Editor Tay Tian Yan.
Mohammad Nizar, an accomplished enginneer, was not a speaker but was invited to the forum by Ngeh. (Sin Chew Daily)
Friday, 14-03-2008
Row over Perak state control settled
Malaysia’s opposition has reached a deal over control of northern Perak state, officials said Friday, ending days of squabbling and averting a split among the alliance members, reports AFP.
Malaysia’s three-party opposition seized four more states and a third of parliamentary seats in March 8 polls, and the unexpected gains presented them with the difficult task of forming workable coalitions to rule.
In Perak they squabbled over the selection of chief minister as well as the make-up of the state cabinet, but after threats of boycotts and walkouts all 31 elected assembly members signed a power-sharing agreement.
"All the three parties signed their allegiance to the decision. Everything is OK, there are no more problems," said Ahmad Awang, state commissioner of the Islamic party PAS.
The Chinese-based Democratic Action Party (DAP) won most seats in Perak, but state law says the chief minister should be a Muslim Malay, so they have settled on a PAS candidate to take up the role. ”Continued”
Thursday, 13-03-2008
PKR threatens to pull out of Perak gov’t
malaysiakini breaking news
Just as one fire has been doused in Perak over the appointment of a PAS man as the new mentri besar post, another one is taking place.
PKR has today threatened to pull out from the Perak coalition government on hearing that eight of the 10 executive council posts will go to DAP while the remaining two going to other parties.
In a statement issued by PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali, the opposition party expressed its objection to “the agreement made between PAS and DAP with regards to the composition of the Perak state exco”.
“In the spirit of sincere openness, we stress that the composition of the exco must reflect the composition of the population of Perak and represent the interests of all ethnic groups fairly,” said Syed Husin. ”Continued”
The little kingmakers of Perak
In the ideal world, Perak will have a DAP MB and I will be the next Governor of Penang. However, idealism and realpolitik are worlds apart.
If we support changes, we have to also support changes to our political mentality.
While it is unfortunate the DAP did not succeed — not for the lack of trying — to get the Perak MB position, it failed because the Perak constitution forbids a non Muslim from the post and the Crown chose to not waive the requirement eventhough he is entitled to by law.
The process of getting the Crown to choose one from three names from DAP, PKR and Pas candidates appears strange. I would have thought only the name Ngeh Koo Ham of the DAP should hv been submitted, if he commands the majority support of DAP, PKR and Pas reps. ”Continued”
Tuesday, 11-03-2008
DAP MB for Perak?
Keep your fingers crossed. There may be good news ahead very soon.
