Covid-19 patients not allowed to vote
PUTRAJAYA: Those who are Covid-19 positive will not be allowed to vote in the Sabah state election on Saturday, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said this was decided by the special meeting of ministers on implementation of recovery movement control order (RMCO) to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission. […]
Enough is enough, say Sabah voters of party-hopping
KOTA KINABALU: Voters in Sabah have urged politicians to stop the practice of switching parties after being elected by the people, saying it betrays the people’s trust and causes problems. Several voters interviewed by Bernama have expressed their disappointment over party-hopping, as the people prepare to go to the polls on Sept 26. A voter […]
‘Let Serembu voters decide’
KUCHING: There will be multi-corner fights in the state election, but for Serembu assemblyman Miro Simuh, he will leave it to the people to decide who they think is the best representative who can deliver and serve them in the constituency. “For Serembu, we have done a lot in the past four years and still […]
Seat swap? Why not?
KUCHING: Swapping of seats could be an option if voters have lost faith in the respective parties. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said voters had indicated that they would not give their support if a party was still given the exclusive right to put forward only their candidates. “In […]
Elected politicians owe their voters
KUCHING: When an elected representative leaves his/her party and joins another without good cause, it is normally seen as having no principles, said Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Women chief Datuk Chiew Yen Chew. She said personally, she felt that elected politicians owed loyalty to the people, especially their voters. “I fully agree with Datuk Abdul […]
Vaunting voters’ voices
The ballot is stronger than the bullet. – ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Poor Abe lost his life instead of an election. The bullet sang its ballad while the ballot stood still, stunned and speechless. Fortunately, the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, through the reinstituted and reconstituted ballot, came into existence which […]
Voters don’t go for party symbol anymore: Rep
MUKAH: The current political scenario is different from what happened prior to the 2018 14th General Election (GE). The 14th GE was obviously the turning point in Malaysian politics when Pakatan Harapan (PH) ended the 61-year administration of Barisan Nasional (BN), and ultimately succeeded in forming the new and current government. This was acknowledged by […]
