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DAP has expressed its openness for Pakatan Harapan to work with Barisan Nasional for the next general election (GE16) which is expected to take place in November 2027 - three years from now. Back in January, the party’s secretary-general Anthony Loke expressed hope that the partnership between both parties
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Amanah has been stirring the pot in recent months, causing needless headaches for Pakatan Harapan. Earlier in August, the party’s Kluang division demanded that the Johor chapter of Barisan Nasional give it the chance to contest the Mahkota state constituency seat, less than a week after its former assemblyman
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It has been a rough couple of weeks for Gerakan. Party president Dominic Lau defended Chinese vernacular schools that received donations from alcohol breweries after PAS triggered a controversy over a deputy minister who accepted a RM3 million mock cheque displaying a Tiger Beer logo at a fundraiser for a
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MCA and MIC are unhappy about being sidelined in the Madani government, and their leaders have been making their grouses known to the press, based on recent news reports. One of those reports, which was published by Free Malaysia Today on July 25, reported that both parties are feeling sidelined
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UMNO folks have done it again - they voted for Perikatan Nasional, this time around in the Sungai Bakap by-election on July 6. PAS' Abidin Ismail retained the Penang state seat with 4, 267 majority votes, nearly threefold than the majority gained by the late assemblyman Nor Zamri Latiff
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NIBONG TEBAL: It is not an offence for ministers to organise programmes or announce allocations in constituencies that are having by-elections, says deputy works minister Ahmad Maslan. Ahmad said such matters had been brought to the court by the opposition parties in the past, but decisions have never sided with
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NIBONG TEBAL: Former teacher Haji Joohari Ariffin has been announced as the Pakatan Harapan’s candidate from PKR for the Sungai Bakap by-election that will be taking place on July 6. Joohari was born in Permatang Pasir but lived and worked in Sungai Bakap for most of his life. He
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Bersatu has sacked its six MPs and a Selangor assemblyman who betrayed the party by declaring support for the federal and Selangor unity governments. They are MPs Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal (Bukit Gantang), Azizi Abu Naim (Gua Musang), Dr Zulkafperi Hanapi (Tanjong Karang), Zahari Kechik (Jeli), Iskandar
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Sungai Bakap state constituency will be having a by-election soon, following the death of Perikatan Nasional (PN) assemblyman Nor Zamri Latiff of PAS on May 24 at the age of 55 due to stomach inflammation. Nor Zamri, fondly known as "Abang Zam" by many, won the seat against
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GEORGE TOWN: The late DAP stalwart Karpal Singh would have supported the formation of the unity government between DAP and its once longtime political foe, Umno, says his son Ramkarpal Singh. Speaking at a special tribute forum held in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the late Bukit Gelugor MP’