Redelineation Must Restore Sabah Sarawak Constitutional Safeguards - Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: “The redelineation of parliamentary constituencies must take into account and restore constitutional safeguards for Sabah and Sarawak and ensure that federal parliamentary seats for Malaya should not be more than 65% as agreed upon from the outset during the formation of Malaysia”said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, when asked to comment on the proposed redelineation exercise to be undertaken by the Election Commission.

The uniqueness of the special position of the Borneo States in the formation of Malaysia has resulted in constitutional safeguards being agreed upon and provided for to ensure the rights of Sabah and Sarawak were not diluted or removed over time by the federal lawmakers from Malaya.

The winners and losers of GE13

What is crystal clear is that many Malaysians want a system of check and balance.

The Malaysian Insider

Take a bow, Malaysians. You are the big winner from GE13, you have firmly entrenched the two-coalition system in the country. The days of Barisan Nasional (BN) having unfettered power are truly over. The result of 2008 was not a flash in the pan, it merely was the start of a trend. Yesterday, that trend continued and Malaysians gave Pakatan Rakyat (PR) 89 federal and 230 state seats and 51 per cent of the popular vote.

What is crystal clear is that many Malaysians want a system of check and balance.

GE13 and the 13 predictions that came true

Many are waiting for my ‘I told you so’ article. No, I am not going to write an ‘I told you so’ article. Instead, I am going to remind you of the 13 predictions that were made for the 13th General Election that came true -- although there are actually more than 13 predictions that came true.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Prediction 1: About 80% or roughly 10.4 million of the 13 million or so registered voters would come out to vote.

What did happen: About 10.5 million Malaysians came out to vote on 6th May 2013.

Prediction 2: Barisan Nasional would win more than 130 parliamentary seats but less than the 140 seats it won in the 2008 general election.

Send Kanul to Parliament, pleads Patrick Sindu

By Patrick Sindu

Patrick Sindu urging voters in Kota Belud
parliamentary area to vote for Kanul Gindol

PAPAR : As a veteran activist in Malaysia, I felt called to support fellow consumer and political activist, Kanul Gindol, who as an independent candidate is seeking to be elected Kota Belud member of parliament this Sunday polling.

I for one as an activist fully support what Kanul has been trying to do all these years, getting himself into Malaysian Parliament. We now have a chance to send him into Parliament via the Kota Belud seat.

I have known Kanul for many years and he would make the best parliamentarian not only for all Sabahans but Sarawakians too, and on top of that as a fearless mouthpiece for non-governmenatl organisations (NGO) and the marginalised.

STAR Kapayan to Kick Off Kamaatan Festival

“STAR DUN N.19 Kapayan will kick off the STAR 2013 Kamaatan festival on 04 May 2013 with the Kapayan Kamaatan Festival at Buhavan Square, Donggongon, Penampang” announced Rosalind Bion, Co-Organizing Chairman with STAR Kapayan Chief, Phillip Among,in a press statement released today.

The Festival is scheduled between 12.30pm. and 6.30pm and highlighted by the traditional Unduk Ngadau Kamaatan Kapayan beauty queen contest.   The organizers have also lined up a fashion show by professional models, cultural performance by Era Budaya and a special guest appearance by the ever popular singer,EvaritusGungkit.