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| Datuk Danyal Balagopal Abdullah does not believe that his move to vacate the Port Dickson parliamentary seat is tantamount to a betrayal of the people’s trust. (Pix by AIZUDDIN SAAD) I'm not betraying the people's trust, says PKR's Port Dickson MP By NSTP Team - September 12, 2018 @ 3:22pm PETALING JAYA: Datuk Danyal Balagopal Abdullah does not believe that his move to vacate the Port Dickson parliamentary seat is tantamount to a betrayal of the people’s trust. Danyal, who will be exiting the seat to enable PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to contest in a by-election, said he would still continue to serve the people albeit in a non-MP capacity … for more, go to https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2018/09/410610/im-not-betraying-peoples-trust-says-pkrs-port-dickson-mp |
Anwar! Please take note of this ‘idiot’ in Johor and have him removed from the state exco when the time is right
The Port Dickson (PD) by-election is affecting Malaysia’s investment climate, so says a PKR state excutive councillor in Johor.
And the suspected CIA-backed news portal Malaysia Chronicle has rightly posed the question - How stupid is Jimmy Puah?
The former PKR PD MP Danyal Balagopal Abdullah had voluntarily and graciously sacrificed his position by resigning to pave the way for his party president Anwar Ibrahim to make a comeback bid to Parliament, and perhaps succeed Dr Mahathir Mohamad as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
And Puah just have to seize the opportunity to please his political master, Azmin Ali, who is locked in a neck-to-neck political race to defend his PKR deputy presidency with vice-president Rafizi Ramli.
Really, is there nothing more intelligent for you to raise, Jimmy Puah? You are undermining your party president, No?
Read on and judge for yourself how insincere politicians are prepared to say the darndest just to ensure their bosses achieve political orgasm and a The Star report on PKR's elections update :
"HOW STUPID IS JIMMY PUAH – AS STUPID AS HIS BOSSES IN AZMIN CARTEL? JOHOR PKR NO.2 CLAIMS PD POLLS DELAYING MALAYSIA’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY – BUT THE REALITY IS, A CLEAR SUCCESSION PLAN CONFIRMING ANWAR CAN ONLY BOOST INVESTOR CONFIDENCE & SPARK BADLY NEEDED OPTIMISM
Politics | October 6, 2018
THE constant politicking now that the Port Dickson by-election campaign is in full swing is affecting Malaysia’s investment climate, said a Johor exco.
State International Trade, Investment and Utilities Committee chairman Jimmy Puah Wee Tse said the investment climate had just begun to improve following the shocking 14th general election result that saw the ouster of Barisan Nasional, which had ruled the country since independence.
He was referring to the Sg Kandis, Seri Setia and Balakong polls, which were held after the May 9 general election following the deaths of their assemblymen.
“We were starting to get back (to a more favourable climate), and then, Anwar Ibrahim announced that he is standing in Port Dickson, and now, we’re in politics mode again.”
Puah, who is also Johor PKR deputy chief, said he hopes investor confidence will pick up soon.
He said he recently visited Singapore and China to alleviate investors’ fears about Malaysia’s political climate.
“I hope people understand that the government is stable. Politics is politics. Let’s continue with our lives and let’s do business.”
Really, is there nothing more intelligent for you to raise, Jimmy Puah? You are undermining your party president, No?
Read on and judge for yourself how insincere politicians are prepared to say the darndest just to ensure their bosses achieve political orgasm and a The Star report on PKR's elections update :
"HOW STUPID IS JIMMY PUAH – AS STUPID AS HIS BOSSES IN AZMIN CARTEL? JOHOR PKR NO.2 CLAIMS PD POLLS DELAYING MALAYSIA’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY – BUT THE REALITY IS, A CLEAR SUCCESSION PLAN CONFIRMING ANWAR CAN ONLY BOOST INVESTOR CONFIDENCE & SPARK BADLY NEEDED OPTIMISM
Politics | October 6, 2018
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State International Trade, Investment and Utilities Committee chairman Jimmy Puah Wee Tse said the investment climate had just begun to improve following the shocking 14th general election result that saw the ouster of Barisan Nasional, which had ruled the country since independence.
He was referring to the Sg Kandis, Seri Setia and Balakong polls, which were held after the May 9 general election following the deaths of their assemblymen.
“We were starting to get back (to a more favourable climate), and then, Anwar Ibrahim announced that he is standing in Port Dickson, and now, we’re in politics mode again.”
Puah, who is also Johor PKR deputy chief, said he hopes investor confidence will pick up soon.
He said he recently visited Singapore and China to alleviate investors’ fears about Malaysia’s political climate.
“I hope people understand that the government is stable. Politics is politics. Let’s continue with our lives and let’s do business.”
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| Prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim’s candidacy in the Port Dickson by-election has been cited as a reason for renewed uncertainty among foreign investors. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, October 6, 2018. |
After Pakatan Harapan clinched GE14 victory, Bursa Malaysia plunged as much as 10%, as foreign investors fled the market.
The stock market has since rebounded by more than 6%, and outflows of foreign investment has been slowing down, according to Bloomberg reports.
The sentiment in Johor has been affected by the federal government’s decision to defer the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail project, which cuts through the state. Remarks on a China-backed mega residential project, too, have rattled investor confidence.
PKR president-elect Anwar is among seven candidates eyeing the Port Dickson parliamentary seat in the October 13 by-election.
His main rivals are former Negri Sembilan menteri besar Isa Samad, who is running as an independent, and air force veteran Mohd Nazari Mokhtar of PAS.
The four other candidates are all independents – Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who is Anwar’s former aide and sodomy accuser, Lau Seck Yan, Stevie Chan and Kan Chee Yuen.
The by-election was called after Danyal Balagopal Abdullah, of PKR, vacated the seat for Anwar, who is attempting a return to Parliament before he succeeds Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister.
In an agreement between all PH parties, Dr Mahathir will hand over the reins to Anwar in about two years’ time.
THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
IN PKR, THE GAME HAS CHANGED – FOOLISH AZMIN SHOULD REALIZE ‘TODDLERS’ LIKE RAFIZI CAN ONLY GROW UP & GET BIGGER: ONLY AZMIN’S CARTEL SAY HE’S POPULAR – BUT MOST PKR MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY SICK & TIRED OF HIS ‘MY TRACK RECORD AS MB’ BOASTS WHEN HIS DAY IN POWER POCKMARKED BY GRAFT & NEPOTISM GROUSES
Politics | October 8, 2018
DATUK Seri Azmin Ali knew he would have a tough time in the PKR election.
What he did not expect was just how tough his challenger Rafizi Ramli would turn out to be in the contest for the party deputy president post.
He had labelled Rafizi a “toddler”, but the “toddler” has overtaken Azmin in the overall vote count after he emerged the winner in the Federal Territory (FT) and Labuan yesterday.
Rafizi pulled ahead after he secured 2,935 votes against 2,794 votes by Azmin in the FT and Labuan party polls.
There are still another eight states to go in this intense contest, but yesterday could be the game changer for Rafizi, who is not even an MP, whereas Azmin is a second-term incumbent and a Cabinet member.
Rafizi, currently a vice-president, now holds a super slim majority of 48 votes over Azmin based on results from the states that have concluded their polls.
He is now within striking range of the No.2 post in the party.
Some in PKR thought the firebrand Rafizi was talking big when he launched his campaign with a blitz of attacks against Azmin.
They were shocked at some of the accusations that he hurled at Azmin, especially the one alleging that Azmin had been eyeing the presidency. Many of them also did not like the airing of dirty laundry in public.
As one party leader from Selangor put it: “Why is he hanging our underwear on the highway for everyone to see?”
But Rafizi’s attack strategy appears to have paid off.
It was quite startling for Azmin to trail Rafizi in the east coast states, where the deputy president was seen as the favourite.
His team was surprised when Azmin lost the majority vote in Kelantan and Terengganu on Friday.
Moreover, Kelantan PKR chief Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir is a staunch Azmin man.
The surprise turned to shock on Saturday when Azmin lost narrowly to Rafizi in Pahang. Azmin managed to win in only six of the 15 divisions in Pahang.
Then came the FT and Labuan shock results, which are bound to send Azmin’s team back to the drawing board.
Election expert Prof Datuk Redzuan Othman has been as puzzled as everyone else about the way the polls have turned out.
“There does not seem to be any logic in the voting pattern,” said Redzuan, who is also Unisel vice-chancellor.
For instance, Azmin had the lead over Rafizi in Penang and Johor, two states where Rafizi was said to have good support.
Redzuan pointed out that Azmin loyalist Zakaria Hamid had retained the division chief post in Bera, Pahang, but Azmin lost to Rafizi in the same division.
It was a similar situation in Bandar Tun Razak yesterday.
Azman Abidin, who is an Azmin supporter, retained the Bandar Tun Razak chief post by more than 700 votes, but Azmin beat Rafizi by only two votes in the division.
“PKR does not have much of a presence in Kelantan, where some of the candidates lost their deposits during the general election.
“But I got reports that in Gua Musang, there were suddenly hundreds of members turning up to vote,” said Redzuan.
There has been a lot of unhappiness among Kelantan PKR leaders about the spike in membership in June this year although they had not been actively recruiting.
A local leader in Bachok, Kelantan, had complained bitterly about people with no track record in the party and who joined just a few months ago being allowed to contest for division posts.
According to Redzuan, divisions that registered a spike in membership in June were the ones with hard-to-explain results.
If Redzuan is right, then expect unexpected results in Selangor and Sabah, where there has been a phenomenal increase in membership.
Selangor registered 240,671 new members, while Sabah saw 135,829 new members.
All eyes will be on the Julau division in the Sarawak outbacks. Julau had only 603 members on June 26 but a day later, the membership rocketed to almost 13,000.
The membership spike has been an issue in the party over the last few months.
When outgoing chief of the women’s wing Zuraida Kamaruddin brought it up during a political bureau meeting, party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail confirmed that she had signed “bundles” of new membership applications.
Some think that PKR is experiencing its own version of “phantom invasion” in the sense that the members exist on paper, but are not visible on the ground.
The party’s e-voting system has also been controversial, to say the least. The bulk of party members have no faith in it and there have been all kinds of stories that it is open to manipulation and abuse.
“I have been confronted by members questioning the new system. They are not comfortable with it, there is a lot of frustration,” said Azman.
The battle for the deputy president post has completely eclipsed every other contest going on in the party.
The party campaign has temporarily cooled down to avoid intruding on the Port Dickson by-election.
But the heat and fury will resume after Oct 13.
Rafizi will probably resume his attacks and this time, he will go for the kill.
By then too, president-elect Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be the new Port Dickson MP and just a step away from the premiership.
“Based on Anwar’s statements, he appears to be leaning towards Rafizi. Everyone is watching to see whether he will help push Rafizi to the finishing line,” said former PJU chief Khairul Anuar Zainuddin.
It has been difficult for PKR members to say “no” to their president-elect and it will be even more difficult to say “no” to the prime minister-in-waiting on who he wants as his No.2. THE STAR/Malaysia Chronicle"
The stock market has since rebounded by more than 6%, and outflows of foreign investment has been slowing down, according to Bloomberg reports.
The sentiment in Johor has been affected by the federal government’s decision to defer the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail project, which cuts through the state. Remarks on a China-backed mega residential project, too, have rattled investor confidence.
PKR president-elect Anwar is among seven candidates eyeing the Port Dickson parliamentary seat in the October 13 by-election.
His main rivals are former Negri Sembilan menteri besar Isa Samad, who is running as an independent, and air force veteran Mohd Nazari Mokhtar of PAS.
The four other candidates are all independents – Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who is Anwar’s former aide and sodomy accuser, Lau Seck Yan, Stevie Chan and Kan Chee Yuen.
The by-election was called after Danyal Balagopal Abdullah, of PKR, vacated the seat for Anwar, who is attempting a return to Parliament before he succeeds Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister.
In an agreement between all PH parties, Dr Mahathir will hand over the reins to Anwar in about two years’ time.
THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
IN PKR, THE GAME HAS CHANGED – FOOLISH AZMIN SHOULD REALIZE ‘TODDLERS’ LIKE RAFIZI CAN ONLY GROW UP & GET BIGGER: ONLY AZMIN’S CARTEL SAY HE’S POPULAR – BUT MOST PKR MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY SICK & TIRED OF HIS ‘MY TRACK RECORD AS MB’ BOASTS WHEN HIS DAY IN POWER POCKMARKED BY GRAFT & NEPOTISM GROUSES
Politics | October 8, 2018
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What he did not expect was just how tough his challenger Rafizi Ramli would turn out to be in the contest for the party deputy president post.
He had labelled Rafizi a “toddler”, but the “toddler” has overtaken Azmin in the overall vote count after he emerged the winner in the Federal Territory (FT) and Labuan yesterday.
Rafizi pulled ahead after he secured 2,935 votes against 2,794 votes by Azmin in the FT and Labuan party polls.
There are still another eight states to go in this intense contest, but yesterday could be the game changer for Rafizi, who is not even an MP, whereas Azmin is a second-term incumbent and a Cabinet member.
Rafizi, currently a vice-president, now holds a super slim majority of 48 votes over Azmin based on results from the states that have concluded their polls.
He is now within striking range of the No.2 post in the party.
Some in PKR thought the firebrand Rafizi was talking big when he launched his campaign with a blitz of attacks against Azmin.
They were shocked at some of the accusations that he hurled at Azmin, especially the one alleging that Azmin had been eyeing the presidency. Many of them also did not like the airing of dirty laundry in public.
As one party leader from Selangor put it: “Why is he hanging our underwear on the highway for everyone to see?”
But Rafizi’s attack strategy appears to have paid off.
It was quite startling for Azmin to trail Rafizi in the east coast states, where the deputy president was seen as the favourite.
His team was surprised when Azmin lost the majority vote in Kelantan and Terengganu on Friday.
Moreover, Kelantan PKR chief Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir is a staunch Azmin man.
The surprise turned to shock on Saturday when Azmin lost narrowly to Rafizi in Pahang. Azmin managed to win in only six of the 15 divisions in Pahang.
Then came the FT and Labuan shock results, which are bound to send Azmin’s team back to the drawing board.
Election expert Prof Datuk Redzuan Othman has been as puzzled as everyone else about the way the polls have turned out.
“There does not seem to be any logic in the voting pattern,” said Redzuan, who is also Unisel vice-chancellor.
For instance, Azmin had the lead over Rafizi in Penang and Johor, two states where Rafizi was said to have good support.
Redzuan pointed out that Azmin loyalist Zakaria Hamid had retained the division chief post in Bera, Pahang, but Azmin lost to Rafizi in the same division.
It was a similar situation in Bandar Tun Razak yesterday.
Azman Abidin, who is an Azmin supporter, retained the Bandar Tun Razak chief post by more than 700 votes, but Azmin beat Rafizi by only two votes in the division.
“PKR does not have much of a presence in Kelantan, where some of the candidates lost their deposits during the general election.
“But I got reports that in Gua Musang, there were suddenly hundreds of members turning up to vote,” said Redzuan.
There has been a lot of unhappiness among Kelantan PKR leaders about the spike in membership in June this year although they had not been actively recruiting.
A local leader in Bachok, Kelantan, had complained bitterly about people with no track record in the party and who joined just a few months ago being allowed to contest for division posts.
According to Redzuan, divisions that registered a spike in membership in June were the ones with hard-to-explain results.
If Redzuan is right, then expect unexpected results in Selangor and Sabah, where there has been a phenomenal increase in membership.
Selangor registered 240,671 new members, while Sabah saw 135,829 new members.
All eyes will be on the Julau division in the Sarawak outbacks. Julau had only 603 members on June 26 but a day later, the membership rocketed to almost 13,000.
The membership spike has been an issue in the party over the last few months.
When outgoing chief of the women’s wing Zuraida Kamaruddin brought it up during a political bureau meeting, party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail confirmed that she had signed “bundles” of new membership applications.
Some think that PKR is experiencing its own version of “phantom invasion” in the sense that the members exist on paper, but are not visible on the ground.
The party’s e-voting system has also been controversial, to say the least. The bulk of party members have no faith in it and there have been all kinds of stories that it is open to manipulation and abuse.
“I have been confronted by members questioning the new system. They are not comfortable with it, there is a lot of frustration,” said Azman.
The battle for the deputy president post has completely eclipsed every other contest going on in the party.
The party campaign has temporarily cooled down to avoid intruding on the Port Dickson by-election.
But the heat and fury will resume after Oct 13.
Rafizi will probably resume his attacks and this time, he will go for the kill.
By then too, president-elect Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be the new Port Dickson MP and just a step away from the premiership.
“Based on Anwar’s statements, he appears to be leaning towards Rafizi. Everyone is watching to see whether he will help push Rafizi to the finishing line,” said former PJU chief Khairul Anuar Zainuddin.
It has been difficult for PKR members to say “no” to their president-elect and it will be even more difficult to say “no” to the prime minister-in-waiting on who he wants as his No.2. THE STAR/Malaysia Chronicle"
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| Anwar Ibrahim greets supporters on his way to the nomination centre in Port Dickson. (Photo: Amir Yusof) Port Dickson by-election: Anwar Ibrahim, Saiful Bukhari among candidates in 7-cornered fight By Amir Yusof @AmirYusofCNA 29 Sep 2018 11:13AM (Updated: 29 Sep 2018 12:11PM) PORT DICKSON, Negeri Sembilan: A total of seven candidates, including Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) Anwar Ibrahim and his former personal aide Saiful Bukhari, will contest in the Port Dickson by-election after they successfully submitted their nomination papers on Saturday morning (Sep 29) … for more, go to https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/port-dickson-by-election-nominations-anwar-10770936 |
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