PETALING JAYA: A former law minister has hit back at Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman for claiming that Barisan Nasional was attempting to bait voters by pledging citizenship for children born overseas to Malaysian mothers. Azalina Othman Said reminded the Muda president that she led a parliamentary special select committee…
IPOH: Perak Barisan Nasional will introduce appointed assemblymen to the state assembly should it obtain a two-thirds majority in the 15th general election, its chairman Saarani Mohamad said. A two-thirds majority, he said, would allow the state government to amend the Perak constitution and allow it to appoint assemblymen from…
PETALING JAYA: Bersih has called on parties and candidates in the 15th general election (GE15) to stay clear of campaigning in ways that may violate the Electoral Offences Act 1954. The electoral reform group said it observed that many parties and candidates were found to have engaged in activities which…
TASEK GELUGOR: Perikatan Nasional (PN) will station special agents at campaign sites to monitor whether party members or those from coalition parties are helping other parties to campaign during the 15th general election (GE15). PN secretary general Hamzah Zainudin said if these special agents received reports with evidence that members…
PRU15 | PSM menyatakan rasa terkejut dengan langkah BN melancarkan manifesto yang mengandungi janji-janji bersifat sosialis pada pilihan raya umum kali ini.S Arutchelvan berkata "gabungan kapitalis" itu pada masa lalu menjadi batu penghalang apabila PSM mendesak tuntutan seperti gaji asas dan pendidikan percuma untuk golongan berpendapatan rendah.“Pengundi harus berhati-hati dengan…
PETALING JAYA: Every student in the B40 will be eligible for free higher education if Barisan Nasional wins the general election (GE15) and forms the government, pledges coalition chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. In announcing BN’s GE15 manifesto, Zahid also pledged to do away with textbooks in the education system, as…
SANDAKAN: Calon Barisan Nasional (BN) Libaran, Datuk Suhaimi Nasir berazam menyambung agenda pembangunan pemimpin terdahulu demi rakyat Libaran. “Sekiranya saya menang dan BN membentuk kerajaan, saya akan meneruskan rancangan pembangunan pemimpin terdahulu”, katanya. Beliau berkata rancangan pembangunan yang baik perlu kita teruskan untuk rakyat. “Rakyat masih memerlukan pembangunan”, katanya ketika…
KOTA KINABALU: Bekas Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak mengajak penyokong dan pemimpin Barisan Nasional (BN) supaya mengutamakan amalan sistem berparti bagi memastikan BN kembali berkuasa sepenuhnya di negara ini. Menurutnya pendekatan seumpama itu merupakan antara faktor kemenangan BN menerajui negara demi kestabilan dan kemakmuran. Salleh yang…
KUALA LUMPUR – No household will earn less than the country’s poverty line income of RM2,208 a month if Barisan Nasional (BN) comes into power, the coalition promised as part of its election manifesto. BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the new “assistive basic income” scheme will see…
KINABATANGAN – Warisan has outlined five key points in its manifesto for the upcoming 15th general election (GE15), said its president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. Without commenting on the date of the manifesto’s launch, he said the essence of the party’s manifesto includes, among other things, a vision to…
KUALA LUMPUR – His eyes lit up, and his lips curled into a smile. “I still clearly remember this picture, but interestingly, I have never had it with me,” Chua Tian Chang said as he kept his eyes trained on a photo shown to him by The Vibes during an…
GEORGE TOWN – MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong alleged today that DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng’s actions, back when he was the finance minister, led to a delay in upgrading Penang International Airport. On the campaign trail in Penang, Wee accused Lim of trying to pin the blame…
PETALING JAYA: Sungai Buloh election candidate Khairy Jamaluddin has dared his Pakatan Harapan rival, R Ramanan, to make clear accusations instead of hiding behind questions about past allegations raised when Khairy was the youth and sports minister. Saying that he had explained himself many times, Khairy said if Ramanan was…
BUNTONG: Former senator M Kayveas who is contesting the general election as an independent candidate, said he is doing so as he is unwilling to leave myPPP to join another. Kayveas, who was also a former Taiping MP, is contesting the Ipoh Barat parliamentary seat while Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy, said…
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional leaders already have had their work cut out for them, just two days into the general election campaign. The coalition’s main message to voters is the promise of stability and prosperity, which includes retaining Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the prime ministerial candidate. However, BN’s rivals have…
PETALING JAYA: PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli has trained his guns at Perikatan Nasional (PN), listing the coalition’s main failures during its 18 months in power. He said these failures included the poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, a failure to provide National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) discounts and…
KUCHING: Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen took a swipe at Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB), a state-based party, describing it as having no clear stance or direction. He said PSB, which won only four seats out of the 72 seats it contested in the 12th state election last year, was…
PETALING JAYA: Umno has sacked former Arau MP Shahidan Kassim and three others for contesting in the general election (GE15) under a different banner. Apart from Shahidan, former Padang Besar MP Zahidi Zainul Abidin and former Maran MP Ismail Abd Muttalib were also sacked today. In a statement, Umno secretary-general…
ALOR SETAR: Tan Chee Hiong, the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Alor Setar parliamentary seat, is banking on his status as a local boy to win over voters in the general election (GE15). Tan will contest against Simon Ooi of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamuddin (Perikatan Nasional), Nuhairi…
TAWAU: Incumbent Member of Parliament for Tawau (MP) Datuk Christina Liew reiterated that she had implemented more than 30 infrastructure and public amenities projects through the Tawau Municipal Council (MPT). The Tawau parliamentary constituency covers the three state constituencies of Sri Tanjung, Apas and Balung. According to Liew, her MP…