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Young voters helped ‘green wave’ at GE15 but will they show up again?

By NINA MUSLIM KUALA LUMPUR: Siti (not her real name) voted for the first time last year in the 15th general election (GE15) which recorded a high turnout rate for her age group. Buoyed by the excitement surrounding the election, which marked the first time 18-year-olds and previously unregistered voters could vote, she eagerly went […]

High Court throws out Masjid Tanah parliamentary seat election petition

MELAKA: The Melaka High Court today dismissed the preliminary objection of the election petition, filed by Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, Abdul Hakim Abdul Wahid, to nullify the result of the Masjid Tanah parliamentary seat, which was won by Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin in the 15th general election (GE15). Judge Datuk Anselm Charles Fernandis delivered the […]

Not true that PH lacks Malay support: Anwar

PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has rubbished claims that the coalition received only 19 per cent of Malay votes in the 15th general election (GE15) and thus lacked Malay support. The Prime Minister said a preliminary analysis of the polls results showed that PH received the support of 31 per […]

Internal cleansing weakens UMNO

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. – Benjamin Franklin, American stateman and scientist “No individual is bigger than the party”, that’s probably the line of thinking that the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) brass has for its party renegades. National daily Utusan Malaysia […]

DPM Fadillah makes history

The year 2022 has been a historic period in more ways than one for Sarawak as it witnessed the first Sarawakian MP being appointed as one of the country’s deputy prime ministers. The appointment was announced on Dec 2 in Kuala Lumpur, during a press conference by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Besides holding […]

Fate of four Sabah MPs in limbo

As we have seen, members do switch political parties when they feel that their values are no longer welcome in the party they ran in. – Paul Martin, ex-Canadian PM The key question to ask is: Were the four Sabah MPs from Bersatu ignorant of the anti-hopping law which came into force on Oct 5 […]

GE15: PN wins in Padang Serai, BN retains Tioman

KUALA LUMPUR: The announcement of the Padang Serai Parliamentary seat last night completes the contest for all 222 parliamentary seats in the 15th general election (GE15) in what is considered the most intense in Malaysia’s political history. Polling for the seat, which was supposed to be on Nov 19, had to be postponed following the […]

GE15: Candidates with highest votes will still be declared winners despite withdrawal

KULIM: The candidates who garnered the highest votes in the Padang Serai parliamentary seat and the Tioman state seat in the 15th general election (GE15) will still be declared the winners although they had announced their withdrawal. Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Salleh said this was because their candidacies had been confirmed […]

Mohamad Sabu hopes for further strengthening of Ringgit, lower food import cost

KULIM, Dec 3 (Bernama) — Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) president Mohamad Sabu has expressed hope that hopes that the ringgit currency will continue strengthening, thus reducing the cost of food imports. The newly-minted Agriculture and Food Security Minister also hoped that the strengthening trend of the ringgit which was visible after the 15th General Election (GE15) would continue. “The change […]

We want actual power

We have true power when we support each other. — Bert McCoy, teacher and writer It is almost a foregone conclusion that Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), being the largest party in the Borneo bloc, will be given the coveted Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) position. This preceded the results of the 15th general election (GE15) with […]