Gabungan Pilihanraya Bersih dan Adil / Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections

Hafiz Yatim (Malaysiakini)

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim is confident that PAS will retain the Manek Urai state seat on July 14 by-election despite an ‘active smear campaign’ by Barisan Nasional (BN).

Anwar, who is head of the opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance, said BN has resorted to discrediting Kelantan Menteri Besar and PAS spiritual adviser Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, in order to court voters.

Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — The going may seem tough but it is not impossible for the Barisan Nasional (BN) to win the Manek Urai state by-election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today.
Continue reading BN still cling to hopes of victory in Manek Urai »

By Adib Zalkapli (Malaysian Insider)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — Mohd Fauzi Abdullah, a local fish wholesaler, was named PAS candidate for the Manek Urai by-election scheduled for next month.
Continue reading Local man Fauzi is PAS candidate for Manek Urai »

Malaysiakini

July 14, will be a day of reckoning for Umno as it takes on PAS in Manek Urai, the backyard and playing field of Kelantan Menteri Besar and party spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat.

But for BN deputy chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin, its better to take pre-emptive measures against one of Nik Aziz’s pet topic - that a vote for PAS was requisite for entering heaven.

Kim Quek (Malaysiakini)

In a written judgment by Justice Nik Hashim Nik Rahman, the Federal Court empowers the Election Commission (EC) to over-rule the speaker over the resignations of the three ‘independents’ in Perak and declares that they retain their status as assembly representatives.
Continue reading Speaker vs EC: Grave distortion of constitution »

Tuan Haji Taib Azamudden bin Md Taib [ Baling ] to ask the MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS to state that with the National Front (Barisan Nasional) not contesting the Penanti state seat by-election, whether the government will reduce the number of police personnel during the election campaign period, or will send the same strength as was the case for the Kuala Terengganu and Bukit Gantang as well as Bukit Selambau by-elections.

Dato’ Ngeh Koo Ham [ Beruas ] to ask the MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS to state the reason the Chief Police Officer of Perak and the Officer-in-Charge of Police District of Ipoh took the orders from the Secretary of the State Assembly and the State Secretary and not from the Speaker of the State Assembly with regard to the sitting of the State Assembly that was supposed to be held on 3rd March, 2009.

Tuan Khairy Jamaluddin [ Rembau ] to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state whether the government intends to amend the Election Act 1958 by imposing penalty on political parties concerned to prevent elected representatives from vacating their seats without reasonable cause and making a mockery of the nation’s democratic practise and principle.