woo! i’m flying off to sarawak tomorrow… bintulu to be exact.  no, not exactly a holiday but it’s all for a good cause.
the sarawak democracy road-show is initiated by the malaysian election observers network (MEO-net).  i’ll be there, among a few others, to do voters registration of the natives staying in long houses at selangau. [...]

with reference to my post yesterday, ‘two-party system – possible?’ apart from the link of anil netto i pointed out in that post, there is also a write up in malaysiakini on the forum.  at the moment now, though, i’m going to give you the transcript of datuk zaid’s speech. here you get to read [...]

yippy! umno’s telling the world it support corruption! the win of BN’s isa with a huge majority says it all.
this is how malaysia deal with corruption.
a tainted person can be fielded as a candidate for election. a tainted person found guilty of corruption can stand as a candidate in a by-election and WIN! so true, [...]

BECAUSE…

SO TOMORROW WHEN YOU GO OUT TO VOTE, REMEMBER…

LET US TOGETHER COOPERATE TO…

SO THAT MALAYSIA CAN BE…

(words above in bahasa. in english it means ‘malaysia free from ISA’
note: for the uninitiated, this has double meaning. ISA the man and ISA the act.

as expected, dr mansor othman from PKR won the penanti by-election and now is all set to become the penang’s DCM I.
Malaysiakini
Mansor wins the seat by garnering 6,052 votes. His nearest rival is Nai Khan with 494, followed by Aminah with 392. Kamarul obtained 56 votes.
Mansor’s majority is 5,558 votes. All three independents lost their deposits.
The [...]

"let the law takes its own course"
said the PM in regards to the political fiasco in perak.
yes, mr PM, what law? BN/umno’s law for sure!
wait for the federal court’s decision? federal court? my dear PM, federal court belongs to the federal government, and who is the federal government? barisan nasional (BN)!! 
as i, and many [...]

yep the penanti by-election will be free and fair … because BN is not contesting. it will not be an expensive affair because BN is not contesting … why? without BN, there won’t be heavy police presence … and it was the heavy police presence that raked up all the expenses in by-elections!
don’t forget … this [...]

of course that was not what the PM said but we all know that was the message we got when they (BN) decided not to contest in the penanti by-election, though of course he denied it vehemently.  not only that but he started blaming PR.

Justifying BN’s decision to stay out, Najib said the by-election was not [...]