Day: April 29, 2009

Territorial Army For Every Constituency Not To Gain Votes

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — The government’s plan to set up the Territorial Army in all parliamentary constituencies is not the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) strategy to gain postal votes, said Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Abdul Latif Ahmad.

Najib’s Penanti dilemma

Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is coming under considerable pressure from Umno to change his stand that Barisan Nasional should give the Penanti by-election a miss.

PAS division may boycott by-election

Abdul Rahim Sabri (Malaysiakini) Although the Penanti by-election is around the corner, the Permatang Pauh PAS division has decided to freeze its election machinery instead of getting ready for the polls. The Penanti state-seat falls under the Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency. Previously Permatang Pauh PAS

EC approves PSM's clenched-fist logo

Rahmah Ghazali |(Malaysiakini) Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), having recently won a decade-long battle for recognition from the Registrar of Societies, today announced another victory that its logo has been approved by the Election Commission. The EC had previously rejected the logo – a white coloured