13th GE may reflect ‘fallout’ from Lahad Datu Standoff

By Joe Fernandez
It cannot be denied that for various reasons the on-going Lahad Datu Standoff may have an effect on the forthcoming 13th General Election results in Sabah.

The jury is still out on the question of who stands to “gain” most and who stands to “lose” i.e. if the General Election in eastern Sabah is held at the same time as in the rest of the Territory and country.

Judging from former Sabah Chief Minister Harris Salleh’s reported appeal letter this week to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein Onn, the police are seizing the Malaysian personal documents of Suluks in Semporna and Lahad Datu and tearing them up before their very eyes. Apparently, these documents include IMM13 immigration documents issued to refugees and MyPRs or the red-coloured Permanent Residence Identity Cards.

Retain Abdul Rahman as KB MP, says PBS Sendelun

Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan

By Ezra Haganez  
KOTA BELUD :   A senior leader of a Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) branch here had appealed to Chief Minister Musa Aman to retain current MP for Kota Belud, Abdul Rahman Dahlan, as Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the area in the coming election.

"On behalf of members and supporters of Kota Belud BN component members especially from PBS Taginambur Jaya branch, i called upon the state leadership to affirm the retention of our current MP as BN candidate here," said Robert Meisin Sendelun in a statement issued in Kota Belud Thursday.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis I

White smoke from Sistine Chapel heralds shock decision
to elect first Latin American, first Jesuit and first
Francis to lead world's Catholics

At 7.06pm, a rain-swept but packed St Peter’s Square erupted with a mix of joy and not a little shock as clouds of white smoke told the crowds – and the rest of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics – that a new pontiff had been chosen on just the second day of voting.

But the noise that greeted the billowing smoke was nothing compared to the sound that met Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires when he appeared on the balcony as the 266th successor of St Peter.

By 8.10pm local time when the newly elected Pope Francis I emerged in white papal robes to cheers of “Viva il Papa” (“Long live the Pope”), the crowds stretched back from the vast Piazza way to the end of Via della Conciliazione, the 500-metre long road connecting the Vatican to the Tiber.

Najib’s ‘C’ word designed to insult Indians, Others,

By Joe Fernandez
The various “initiatives” for the Indian Nation in Malaysia announced by Prime Minister Najib Mohd Razak was, according to him, designed to make the community “competitive”.

He wants Indians to place their continued Nambikkei (Trust in Tamil) in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) so that it can carry out even more “initiatives” that will benefit the community.

BN the underdog? But is the maths correct?

There are so many discrepancies about the
outcome of the 13th general election.

By Syed Nadzri Syed Harun
Either some people got their maths screwed up regarding the coming general election or they are just out to pull our legs. Just look at the discrepancies below.

Dossier 1: Anwar Ibrahim, says Pakatan Rakyat which he leads, will win the election, beating the ruling Barisan Nasional by at least 10 parliamentary seats.

Dossier 2: Leading think-tank The Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) says BN is expected to win 123 to 135 of the 222 parliamentary seats but could reach as high as 150 if Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak could attract Indian and undecided Chinese voters as well.