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#Update* PR stages walkout from Perak sitting (The Edge)

IPOH: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblymen on Wednesday, March 31 stormed out of the Perak state assembly’s sitting after their repeated protests went unheeded by Perak Speaker Datuk R Ganesan, who appeared set to continue with the day’s affairs. Continue reading

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#Update* PR stages walkout from Perak sitting

IPOH: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblymen on Wednesday, March 31 stormed out of the Perak state assembly’s sitting after their repeated protests went unheeded by Perak Speaker Datuk R Ganesan, who appeared set to continue with the day’s affairs. Continue reading

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Orderly start to Perak assembly

IPOH: The Perak state assembly sitting on Tuesday, March 30, started in an ordely fashion, except for an earlier burst of protest by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblymen who demanded that police officers leave the hall before proceedings. Continue reading

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Split in Indian vote likely with HRP (The Star)

THE Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which was Pakatan Rakyat’s best friend in the 2008 general election, has turned into its worst enemy, staging a demonstration against the coalition outside the PKR office of Pakatan leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Continue reading

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Pakatan Rakyat vs local elections (The Nut Graph)

IT is funny to hear my friends in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) complaining that civil society is pressuring only the opposition coalition to revive local elections and not the Barisan Nasional (BN). It becomes more hilarious now that the PR has reportedly reduced its commitment to merely “strengthening local democracy.” One unnamed leader defends it as “a matter of semantics… Continue reading

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Umno still leads the way (The Nut Graph)

Will Najib wait for the MIC, MCA, Gerakan and PPP to play catch-up? AFTER the March 2008 general election, when public sentiment against the Barisan Nasional (BN) swirled dark and hopes were bright for the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s multicultural politics, Umno was everybody’s favourite punching bag. Continue reading

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2009/04/23 (The New Straits Times)

Some of the 16 Camry cars that will be sold to the highest bidder by open tender from a starting price of RM148,000. IPOH: Even as Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat leaders prepare for a showdown at the May 7 state assembly meeting, the Perak menteri besar is asserting his power as a decision-maker to reverse the former PR government’s stand on official cars, opting to sell the fleet of Toyota … Continue reading

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2009/04/22 (The New Straits Times)

Even as Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat leaders prepare for a showdown at the May 7 state assembly meeting, the Perak BN menteri besar is asserting his power as a decision-maker to reverse the former PR government’s stand on official cars, opting to sell the Toyota Camry 2.4 and buy the Proton Perdana V6. Continue reading

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BN loses badly in key by-elections (The Malaysian Insider)

TAIPING/ALOR SETAR, April 8 – The momentum that Malaysia’s new Premier Najib Razak had hoped to create came to an abrupt halt last night, after the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered two heavy defeats in three by-elections. At both Bukit Gantang in Perak and Bukit Selambau in Kedah, the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) increased its majorities over the BN. Continue reading

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2009/04/02 (The New Straits Times)

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan has clarified that he never gave instructions to the Taiping police district chief to specifically bar Pakatan Rakyat from talking about the Altantunya Shaariibuu court case. Continue reading

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