Malaysia 13th General Election - GE13

Unless Pakatan Rakyat can make inroads into Sabah and Sarawak, the BN regime will continue to rule.

Najib’s ex-info chief joins DAP

DAP scores a coup with Umno veterans and bloggers, including former Pulau Manis Umno rep Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz.

“I am impressed by DAP. They are principled, I like their professionalism." Mohd Ariff

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A Permatang Lesson for All

AUG 27 — The fact PAS won the Permatang Pasir with a the by-election with a thumping majority of 4,551 was never in doubt. Studies show that PAS Malay voters fell by 3% but the Chinese voters increased by 6% up from 71% to 77% from last year's general election.

In the run-up, the Umno-linked Utusan Malaysia newspaper had repeatedly called on the Malays to rise up as they were losing political power. UMNO's race related rhetorics has further alienated more Chinese to vote for PAS.Then there is the death in custody of opposition aide Teoh Beng Hock which is still fresh in the minds of many, Chinese or not!

By-election Watch

I was switching tv channels last night anxiously awaiting the results of the three by-elections at Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai. Astro's channel 501 had a panel of "experts" crapping all the time about, CRAP mostly. So I decided to stick to TV1 as there were just two guys on screen.

BN retained Batang Ai which I think was not a surprise given the state of mind of the interior folks. But the prized gems were the two "bukits" especially after the recent disgusting manner in which BN wrested (or stole) the Perak state from Pakatan Rakyat. As it panned out, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar saw off BN with 21,860 votes to beat BN's 19,071.

In Bukit Selambau, PKR’s S. Manikumar received 12,632 votes, BN’s Datuk S. Ganesan 10,229 and the 13 independents (nutjobs) garnered 1,326 votes in all.

So there you have it. The people have spoken and Badawi or Najib makes no difference. As they say, more of the same shit! Enjoy Perak while you can coz it ain't over. Wait for the next General Election and this tsunami will wipe BN OUT!!!