Day: December 19, 2009

Pakatan pledges sweeping reforms

Malaysiakini The battle for Putrajaya has been raised a notched with the Pakatan Rakyat coalition today unveiling its common policy platform, containing promises of sweeping reforms and equality. In a direct response to its race-based rival Barisan Nasional, Pakatan’s common policy promises to reduce race-based

Karpal convinced PAS can accept local council elections

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid (Malaysian Insider) SHAH ALAM, Dec 19 – PAS and PKR were pressured today to back the restoration of the local council vote by DAP leaders who have been sending implicit demands throughout Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) maiden convention that the pact must

DAP: We'll win over PAS on local council polls

Rahmah Ghazali (Malaysiakini) The local council elections issue resurfaced today although Pakatan Rakyat, in its common policy framework, has clearly played down the issue. pakatan convention 191209 karpal with nik aziz 02In his winding-up speech at the first Pakatan convention in Shah Alam, outspoken DAP