Day: September 23, 2009

Internal gloom may doom Bagan Pinang for BN

Malaysiakini Political rivalry within Umno, MIC and MCA seems to be putting a serious damper in BN’s attempt to break its by-election jinx of eight straight defeats suffered at the hands of Pakatan Rakyat in Peninsular Malaysia. Political grudges, enmity and jealousy from the past

Poll shows Bagan Pinang voters want Isa as Umno candidate

By Leslie Lau (Malaysian Insider) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — As Umno continues to dither over its choice of candidate for the Bagan Pinang by-election in Negeri Sembilan, a recent survey of voters commissioned by PAS gives an indication of just how serious a dilemma

By-elections cost RM3m

The Malay Mail THE Election Commission (EC) has spent about RM3.02 million to accommodate the seven by-elections that had taken place so far this year. This was figure revealed to Malay Mail by EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof .