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look what 50yrs of 2/3 got you!

found this excellent piece by SV singam (who might be a long lost friend from those sangkancil/beritamalaysia days) in haris’s blog. —————————————————————– The ruling coalition has enjoyed an almost unbroken 50 years of 2/3 majority in parliament. The only time  this overwhelming majority was lost was in 1969. Immediately, the …

independent bodies to keep an eyes on things

taken from NST, notice that this article first started by mentioning MAFREL as one of the independent bodies monitoring the election. with this, i would like to remind all those in penang of MAFREL’s training session for observers. at the mainland, it will be on 23 feb, while at the …

SPR’s public hearing on electoral roll

attention everyone, especially those who had signed up to be MAFREL’s election observer – SPR is conducting a public hearing to the objections to the electoral rolls for penang on 19 feb 1 (tues) at 9.00am at dewan sri pinang, room A. according to BK ong, MAFREL’s northern coordinator: Expected …

‘porn pilot’ to escape from the law…

…. because he is the son of a VIP datuk, the ACA director general! i guess many of you were aware of the news of the MAS pilot who was caught for a crime linked to child porn. well, today i received this in my mail-box:(note: zakaria is secretary general …

the flip-flop (liar!) PM

how on earth can we trust a PM such as him? one minute he said parliament won’t be dissolved, then next he dissolved parliament! and during the chinese new year season too! remember he hold the UMNO general assembly during deepavali? where is this sensitivity he’s talking about? do you …

‘hantu’ on the electoral roll

from malaysiakini——————————————————– Watchdogs dispute EC’s ‘clean roll’ claimAzreen Madzlan Feb 11, 08 5:57pm Two election watchdogs today expressed concern over the statement by the Election Commission (EC) that there have been no ‘phantom voters’ during the past 11 general elections. EC secretary Kamaruzaman Mohd Noor told the New Sunday Times …

he works hard not for the money

prologue:  diana ross:  she works hard for the money, so you’d better treat her all right.(anyone remember this song?) ———–since many SoPo bloggers had blog on this, including my 3 fav bloggers,, jeff ooi rocky, and aisehman, i might as well blog on it too. yep, regarding the PM’s message …

penang blitz? boo!

‘penang blitz’ was the heading on the star’s paper but the online version has the heading ‘BN big guns roll into penang‘. who were the big guns? of course the biggest of all – the PM. then MCA president and his deputy and MIC deputy and secretary general. there were …