SABAH: LAND BELOW THE WINDS OF CHANGE

Sabah: Land Below the Winds of Change

The voting trend speaks for itself: within East Malaysia, dissatisfaction against BN does not necessarily translate into a swing for PKR – unlike Peninsula Malaysia, the party will have to do more than win on 'protest votes' here.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Shashi Karu

31/03/2013: Over the online media, the atmosphere is palpable and almost sweating with suspense. As we near election day, bloggers, commentators and the occasional pundits are beating with increasing intensity to the same rhythms of change: “it’s now or never”, “ubah”, “ini kalilah” and of course, how could you not forget, “ABU!” [Asalkan Bukan Umno].

Analysts alike are expecting a repeat of the March 2008 Tsunami, but this time it’s back with revenge: Peninsula Malaysia is expected to see bigger gains to Pakatan Rakyat - with the bastions of BN in Negeri Sembilan, Pahang and Johor finally caving in to the 'winds of change'. As the tides of politics continues on its charging path, Anwar Ibrahim inches ever closer to Malaysia's first "opposition" Federal government.

CRACKS APPEARING IN SABAH UMNO?

Cracks appearing in Sabah Umno?

Luke Rintod

A Sabah NGO - United Suluk Community Organisation (USCO) - has, strangely enough, decided to move into ‘active’ politics.

KUDAT 22/03/2013: Speculation is high that former deputy chief minister under a PBS-plus government, Amir Kahar Mustapha, is about to quit Umno and join an opposition group.

The former Banggi assemblyman, who is the eldest son of ex- Sabah chief minister, the late Tun Mustapha Harun, is said to have been approached by the members of the Suluk community here to represent them in the opposition in the coming election.

KESEMUA CALON MELAYU DAP DISINGKIR

Kesemua Calon Melayu DAP Disingkir

GEORGETOWN 15 Dis. - Kesemua lapan pemimpin DAP Melayu yang bertanding bagi merebut jawatan Anggota Jawatankuasa Tertinggi Pusat (CEC)disingkir apabila kalah dengan keputusan teruk pada Kongres Kebangsaan ke-16 DAP yang berlangsung hari ini.

Keputusan tersebut sekaligus membuktikan parti dominasi kaum Cina itu tidak memberi laluan kepada mana-mana calon Melayu termasuklah Zairil Khir Johari, yang berkhidmat sebagai Setiausaha Politik kepada Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng.

'POLITIK RAKUS CARI RUANG MENJELANG PRU13'

'Politik rakus cari ruang menjelang PRU13'

.MUKADIMAH

Suhu politik negara dikatakan mengalami peningkatan sejak selepas Pilihan Raya Umum 2008. Salah satu elemen dan kejadian di sebalik suhu politik yang mengalami peningkatan ialah politik sabotaj dan politik ganas. Ada yang melabel sebagai politik agresif.

Sinar Harian Online mengupas perkembangan ini menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13. Ikuti penulisan awal mengenainya.

SHAH ALAM 13/11/2012- Penganalisis politik melihat perkembangan politik kini dilihat lebih bersikap peribadi dan melangkaui jangkauan politik sebenar.

BADAN PENAJA CALON-CALON BEBAS HASRAT TANDING DI SEMUA 60 KERUSI DUN

Badan Penaja Calon-Calon Bebas hasrat tanding di semua 60 kerusi Dun

LAHAD DATU 9/11/2012: Satu kumpulan yang menamakan diri mereka sebagai Badan Penaja Calon-calon Bebas berhasrat untuk bertanding di semua 60 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) dan 25 kerusi parlimen di Sabah pada Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) ke-13 ini.

Pengerusi penajanya, Haji Datu Abdul Kadir Datu Mohd Yatim berkata, calon-calon mereka akan bertanding atas tiket calon Bebas dan akan menggunakan lambang yang disediakan oleh Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) .

“Kami terdiri daripada golongan profesional, korporat, badan akademik, badan keagamaan dan juga bekas pegawai kakitangan kerajaan negeri dan persekutuan.

“Kita juga mempunyai badan penaja utama, namun ianya hanya akan diumumkan selepas parlimen dibubarkan.

PKR LANCAR LAMAN WEB DEMIRAKYAT.MY PERSIAPAN HADAPI PRU13

PKR Lancar Laman Web demirakyat.my Persiapan Hadapi PRU13

PETALING JAYA 8/11/2012: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) pada Khamis melancarkan laman web khas, www.demirakyat.my khusus untuk memuatkan berita-berita Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU13).

Pengarah Komunikasi PKR, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad berkata, laman web itu telah dilayari sebanyak 1,500 kali sejak ia dilancarkan 7 pagi Khamis.

"Laman web ini merupakan agenda internet yang komprehensif untuk memudahkan kami berkomunikasi dengan para pengundi dan menjana tenaga anda untuk membantu PKR dan Pakatan Rakyat mengharungi perjuangan dalam perlumbaan kami untuk membentuk kerajaan.

POOR ATTENDANCE AT APS LAUNCHING IN SEPANGGAR

Poor attendance at APS launching in Sepanggar

KOTA KINABALU 4/11/2012: The launching of the Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (APS) in Sepanggar near here on November 2 night ended in a total embarrassment for the movement.

Informers had confirmed that the launching, due to be officiated by Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred M Bumburing, was attended by only about 50 people.

“In fact the group that came with Datuk Wilfred and Datuk Maijol (Mahap) numbered about 43 people, hence the actual locals from Sepanggar who attended were actually only about six or seven people,”

PAKATAN BELUM MAMPU TEWASKAN BN SABAH

Penganalisis: Pakatan belum mampu tewaskan BN Sabah

25/10/2012: Pakatan Rakyat tidak cukup kuat untuk menewaskan BN di Sabah walaupun gabungan pembangkang dari Semenanjung itu telah dapat menembusi negeri di Malaysia Timur itu, kata seorang penganalisis politik.

PRU13: BN MAHU MENANG BESAR, KATA NAJIB

PRU13: BN mahu menang besar, kata Najib

KUALA LUMPUR 21/10/2012- Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mahu semua jentera Barisan Nasional (BN) menentukan mereka sudah mempunyai kesiapsiagaan yang tinggi sebelum menuju ke medan peperangan pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) yang akan diadakan tidak lama lagi.

Dipetik Bernama,  Najib yang juga Pengerusi BN berkata, sebelum menuju ke medan 'perang', seluruh jentera BN perlu membuat persiapan rapi, termasuk mengkaji pelbagai kemungkinan yang akan berlaku bagi memastikan setiap gerakan dilaksanakan tanpa rasa ragu.

"Kita mesti membuat persiapan dan terus bersiap sedia sehingga tiada lagi perasaan sangsi terhadap keputusan perang itu kelak. Saya menganggap persediaan ini amat penting, perancangan amat penting," katanya ketika merasmikan Perhimpunan Agung MCA ke-59 di sini, hari ini.

NAME ELECTION CANDIDATES EARLY

MCA Youth: Name election candidates early

21/10/2012: MCA Youth has urged the party to announce its candidates for the general election early and not at the last minute.

The wing's chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said this would give the party ample time to pacify those who were not chosen to contest.

He hoped the party would seek approval from the Barisan leadership for the early announcement.

“There is a need to pacify the ones not chosen and their supporters so they can help the party to win seats and not otherwise. It will be worse if they sabotage the candidates,”

PAKATAN CAN WREST POWER IN SABAH – PPPS

Pakatan can wrest power in Sabah – PPPS

KOTA KINABALU 21/10/2012: A shift in political sentiment will allow the opposition to wrestle power from Barisan Nasional (BN) government in Sabah in the coming general election, according to Pertubuhan Pakatan Perubahan Sabah (PPPS).

Its secretary general, Narawi Ahmad, said Sabah, like the rest of Malaysia, is not spared from what he called “revolution phenomenon” sweeping across developing countries in the world.

ANOTHER BEAUFORT UMNO LEADER RESIGNS TO JOIN LAJIM

Another Beaufort Umno leader resigns to join Lajim

BEAUFORT 10/10/2012: Another Umno leader here, Ruandi Basnih, has resigned and joined Pertubuhan Pakatan Perubahan Sabah (PPPS), a newly established political movement affiliating itself with opposition pact Pakatan Rakyat.

The Beaufort Wanita Umno deputy chief announced she has left the party in a leaders with the people gathering at Kampung Pansung here, further fueling the Umno leadership crisis in the division.

WOMEN ISSUES OVERLOOKED DUE TO LOW POLITICAL PRESENCE, ANALYSTS SAY

Women issues overlooked due to low political presence, analysts say

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — The lack of female participation in Malaysian politics has likely caused the years of neglect over issues of concern to women although the gender makes up half the country’s 13 million-strong electorate, analysts have said.

According to statistics from the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, only 10.4 per cent of the country’s 222 federal lawmakers and eight per cent of the 576 assemblymen in state assemblies nationwide are women.

File photo of women at a political party gathering. Women make up a ‘big block of votes’, being ‘half of the voters of every constituency’.

LAJIM TO SET UP NEW SABAH POLITICAL PARTY

Lajim to set up new Sabah political party

KOTA KINABALU AUGUST 30, 2012: FORMER Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin will set up a new political party as a vehicle to field candidates in the upcoming general election.

He said a formal application for that purpose would be submitted to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) within the next 10 days.

"If approved by ROS, we will be contesting under the new party," he told a news conference, here, today.

DESPITE DEFECTIONS FROM BN, SABAH OPPOSITION STILL FAR FROM UNITED

Despite defections from BN, Sabah opposition still far from united

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 ― Sabah’s opposition front appears to be moving towards unity, but the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition seemingly still holds the upper hand in the 13th general election that must be called by next April, despite the recent defections to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

Although there was momentum gained from the recent crossovers, the opposition in Sabah still has its work cut out in avoiding three-corner fights in the next elections.

SENATOR MAIJOL QUITS BN, GOES PRO-PAKATAN

Senator Maijol quits BN, goes pro-Pakatan

KOTA MARUDU August 13, 2012: Senator Datuk Maijol Mahap, who officially quit from United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) last week, yesterday joined the Sabah opposition front.

The UPKO vice-president formally confirmed his decision to leave the Barisan Nasional at a function held at his house in Kampung Kokobuan here yesterday afternoon.

Maijol followed in the footsteps of UPKO deputy president and Tuaran member of parliament Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing and Beaufort member of parliament Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin who quit BN on July 29.

He gave the same reasons as Bumburing and Lajim for leaving BN.

“There are so many problems facing the Kadazandusun and Murut communities and all Sabahans.

SEJARAH POLITIK SABAH MEMBIMBANGKAN BN

Sejarah politik Sabah membimbangkan BN

Kerajaan negeri pimpinan Usno, Berjaya dan PBS tumbang apabila ramai pemimpinnya keluar parti.

PETALING JAYA August 11, 2012: Kerajaan negeri Sabah pimpinan BN akan tumbang jika ramai pemimpin mereka keluar parti dan menubuhkan parti baru sebagaimana  yang berlaku kepada kerajaan negeri terdahulu.

Bekas Ketua Umno Silam di Sabah,  Datuk Mohd Yusuf Apdal berkata, tiga kerajaan negeri iaitu Usno, Berjaya dan Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) tumbang setelah ramai pemimpin mereka keluar parti dan menubuhkan parti baru.

“Dalam sejarah politik Sabah menunjukkan apabila ramai pemimpin  parti memerintah keluar, kerajaan negeri akan tumbang.

BUMBURING RESIGNS AS TUARAN BN CHAIRMAN

Bumburing resigns as Tuaran BN chairman

KOTA KINABALU July 24, 2012: Is Tuaran member of parliament Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Bumburing taking the first step to confirm speculations he is leaving Barisan Nasional (BN) by resigning as the Coalition’s liaison chairman for his constituency?

The United Pasokmomogun KadazanDusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) deputy president in a statement yesterday said his resignation as the BN liaison chairman for Tuaran is with immediate effect.

Bumburing, who is also Amanah Merdeka National deputy president and Amanah Sabah chairman said, “I have hereby effective today, July 23, resigned from the post as Barisan Nasional chairman for P-170 Tuaran.

PENGANALISIS AKUI KEBANGKITAN ANAK MUDA MODERAT DALAM POLITIK

Penganalisis akui kebangkitan anak muda moderat dalam politik

Dr Mohd Azizuddin

SHAH ALAM - Kebangkitan golongan muda dalam politik dilihat satu perubahan baik dan menjadi trend untuk memilih pemimpin-pemimpin bagi membawa perubahan secara menyeluruh dengan menerapkan politik baru yang lebih mencerminkan ciri-ciri Islam.

Penganalisis politik, Dr Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sanim dari Universiti Utara Malaysia melihat kebangkitan golangan muda moderat yang lebih Islamik menjadi satu trend kepada arena politik di Malaysia.

IN SABAH, A NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE TAKES SHAPE

In Sabah, a new political landscape takes shape

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — A new political future may dawn in Malaysia soon as two senior Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders, chafing at Putrajaya’s bit, move to launch their own parties aligned to the rival Pakatan Rakyat (PR) faction today in the run-up to key national polls.

Umno’s Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin (picture)and United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation’s (UPKO) Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing will be launching two new political fronts Pakatan Perubahan Sabah (PPS) and Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (APS) in Beaufort and Tuaran respectively later today, PKR-run news portal Keadilan Daily reported last night.