Mahathir: Difficult for BN to wrest back the five states

GEORGE TOWN: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has cautioned that it would be difficult for Barisan Nasional to wrest back the five states which fell into the hands of the opposition in the March 8 elections.
Dr Mahathir said if the new governments ruled their respective states well, the people, particularly the Malays, would accept them.
He singled [...]

Abang Johari: PBB Had Hoped For More Ministers In Federal Cabinet

KUCHING, March 31 (Bernama) — Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), as the principal partner of the Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN), had hoped for more posts of minister in the federal cabinet announced on March 18, PBB deputy president Datuk Seri Abang Johari Tun Openg said Monday.
This expectation was based on the PBB’s delivery of [...]

Pak Lah backing down on Terengganu MB crisis?

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is learnt to be having an urgent meeting with his candidate for the Terengganu menteri besar post, Idris Jusoh at Sri Perdana in Putrajaya now.
Earlier the premier had an audience with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, who is also Sultan of Terengganu, over the controversy surrounding the appointment [...]

Idris Jusoh apologises

Full Malaysiakini story here.
Ah hah! So Idris Jusoh is the first one to blink here! What does this guy expect? He thinks he can go on insisting to the Sultan of Terengganu that he is the rightful Menteri Besar and then expect to be able to work with the palace? His [...]

Worry over non-Malay excos

A group of Perak NGOs are concerned that the rights of the Malays in the state will be compromised in view of the racial composition of the new government’s exco line-up.Yesterday, the 20 NGOs - led by the Young Malay Professionals (Prowaris) - stated that the 6-3-1 formula between PKR, DAP and PAS is not [...]

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