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PBB Women seeks huge majority victory

BINTULU: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu’s (PBB) Women wing wants a huge vote majority win in the forthcoming Jepak by-election. PBB Women chief Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this will reflect the solid support of the people for Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) candidate Iskandar Turkee. “Don’t just take this as a by-election, this is an election […]

Test your majority in Parliament

KUCHING: A local lawyer concurs with former Federal Court Judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram to have the vote of confidence on the Prime Minister be tested on the parliamentary floor. David Siaw, former chairman, Advocates Association of Sarawak (AAS) Miri branch, described Sri Ram’s remarks as ‘most apt’, adding, “Only then the vote of […]

PM ready to face confidence motion

MUAR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today said that the tabling of a motion of confidence for prime minister is normal and that he is ready and neither scared nor worried to face it and prove that he still has the majority support of the MPs at next month’s Parliament sitting. “Yes, the confidence motion for […]

Bill passed to define ‘resident’, lower eligible age to be YBs

THE Sarawak State Assembly (DUN) today passed a Bill to amend Article 16 of the State Constitution to lower the minimum age required for a person to become an elected representative from 21 to 18 years old. The Constitution of the State of Sarawak (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which was tabled by Tourism, Arts and Culture […]

Anwar claims majority MP support

Such backing is enough to form new ‘strong’ government KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today claimed he had garnered “formidable and convincing” support from among MPs to form a new “strong” government, and said the government led by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had effectively fallen. He told a packed news conference at […]