Malaysia's Elections 2008 (Before, During & After)

Dashken · 13th Feb 2008, 01:37 PM

Woohoo... showtime!

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PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has announced that Parliament has been dissolved, paving the way for the 12th general election.

At a hastily convened press conference at his office Wednesday afternoon, he said he had met the Yang Di Pertuan Agong in the morning and received His Majesty's consent to dissolve Parliament.

"I've informed Parliament and the Election Commission," Abdullah said. The state assemblies have also been advised to dissolve.

The Prime Minister declined to speculate on what date Malaysians would cast their ballots, saying that it would be up to the Election Commission (EC) to decide.

"I am confident of winning, and I hope that we will retain our two-thirds majority," he said.

The ruling Barisan Nasional coalition swept to a landslide victory in the last general election in 2004.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission said it would announce polling and nomination day on Thursday at its office in Putrajaya.

The Election Commission held several meetings Wednesday in preparation for the Prime Minister's announcement of the dissolution of Parliament.

“We have got the declaration on the dissolution of Parliament by the Yang Di Pertuan Agong and the announcement of nomination and polling will be done tomorrow," said EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.

When asked if nomination day was February 21 and election day on March 2nd, he said: “You can speculate anything you want. The official announcement is tomorrow.

“You wait for the official announcement,” he added.

Source: Parliament dissolved, elections on

bslee · 13th Feb 2008, 02:08 PM

I'm already ready to pangkah "X" on anything else but ....
Quite obvious ya?. Enough is enough..you all with me?..
If USA needs a change, I think ITS LONG OVERDUE WE NEED IT MORE.

Falcone · 13th Feb 2008, 02:27 PM

Expected, Badawi cannot drag anymore. Economy is slowing, also Anwar's ban will expire by April. Anwar knew it, that's why he choose to used his trumph card now.

The government is at it most vulnerable time now, with all the scandals etc still fresh.

But it will take more than that to take the current ruling party down.

pyroboy1911 · 13th Feb 2008, 03:27 PM

the question now is, will it make any significant difference?

Dashken · 13th Feb 2008, 03:47 PM

All in all, they have many cards up their sleeves. Especially with the postal votes. They can do anything with them anytime. It's not transparent at all.

But we have to do our part too, at least, even if the result is not to our favour... we still can say, "we did everything we could, did you?"

ZuePhok · 13th Feb 2008, 03:53 PM

and we are still celebrating our new year

diaboluz666 · 13th Feb 2008, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dashken

All in all, they have many cards up their sleeves. Especially with the postal votes. They can do anything with them anytime. It's not transparent at all.

But we have to do our part too, at least, even if the result is not to our favour... we still can say, "we did everything we could, did you?"

Indeed, I do agree. Lots of people I know, ENTIRELY do not believe in the 'system', hence taking up a non-voting stance. I understand and feel the same way about it, but, like Mr. Dashken said, we got to do our part, rite... So, yeah.. It's showtimee.. DOWN! DOWN! DOWN!

Chai · 13th Feb 2008, 04:54 PM

Vote anyone other than them!!!

Dashken · 13th Feb 2008, 05:25 PM

When you vote, remember to THINK of the traffic jams in KL and who caused them.

Falcone · 13th Feb 2008, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

When you vote, remember to THINK of the traffic jams in KL and who caused them.

But who caused the accused which caused the jams in turn caused us to remember who caused them?

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Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,388 Reputation: 2015 Rep Power: 55	All in all, they have many cards up their sleeves. Especially with the postal votes. They can do anything with them anytime. It's not transparent at all. But we have to do our part too, at least, even if the result is not to our favour... we still can say, "we did everything we could, did you?" __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

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bslee Getting there Join Date: 6 Feb 2005 Posts: 236 Reputation: 15 Rep Power: 4	I'm already ready to pangkah "X" on anything else but .... Quite obvious ya?. Enough is enough..you all with me?.. If USA needs a change, I think ITS LONG OVERDUE WE NEED IT MORE.

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