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NEWS:BN picks Parthiban as candidate for Ijok by-election

April 16th, 2007
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BN picks Parthiban as candidate for Ijok by-election
http://www.nst.com.my/NST/Article/vArt?did=20070416191117
By : BERNAMA
Email to friend Print article KUALA SELANGOR, MON.: A former Co-Academic officer at the Kuala Selangor District Education Office, K. Parthiban, 38, was chosen as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in the by-election for the Ijok state constituency today.
Selangor BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo, who is also Selangor Menteri Besar, made the announcement in front of about 3,000 BN supporters at Dewan Harmoni, Batang Berjuntai, here this afternoon.
All those present in the hall gave a loud applause to demonstrate their solid support to Parthiban as soon as he was announced as the candidate at 5.20pm. The event was broadcast live on TV over RTM 1.
Among those present were MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, his deputy Datuk G. Palanivel, MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy and Umno information chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib.
In his speech shortly after he was introduced by Dr Mohamad Khir, Parthiban promised the BN supporters and voters in the Ijok state constituency that he would continue the tradition of the BN to champion the cause of the people regardless of race or religion. “I will ensure that the BN retains the seat and I appeal to you all to help me (do it),” he said.
He also pledged to continue implementation of all the current and future development programmes by the government.
Born on Oct 6, 1968 in Ladang Raja Musa, Kuala Selangor, Parthiban, who is also the secretary of the MIC Tanjung Karang division and a former Co-Academic Officer at the Kuala Selangor District Education Office, holds key positions in several non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including as president of the Council of the Federation of Kuala Selangor District Youth Associations.
He is also chairman of the Tanjung Karang Hindu Youth Organisation (HYO) and the Ladang Raja Musa Rukun Tetangga sector and a former secretary of the Kuala Selangor Tamil Youth Club from 1990 to 2001.
Parthiban has a Masters in Education Management from the University of Malaya and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the same university.
He joined MIC in 1989 and among the key political posts he held were as special officer to the Tanjung Karang Member of Parliament, personal representative of the Permatang Assemblyman for the Indian community, a committee member of the Tanjung Karang Barisan Nasional and head of the Kampung Bukit Belimbing MIC branch.
Parthiban is also a member of the Kuala Selangor District Council.

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No surprises in Machap…

April 12th, 2007
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No surprise
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=17616
Pauline Puah
MACHAP (April 12, 2007): There was a no surprise result. There was no mood swing among the rural electorates. As expected, Barisan Nasional (BN)’s superior machinery streamrolled for an overwhelmingly win in the by-election, as it did in the 2004 general election. But, the 481 decrease in the winning margin announced tonight did spoil the party for the BN which had clearly worked their hearts out to try and secure an even wider mandate.
Machap is also the first Chinese-majority constituency to see a by-election since the 11th General Election.
Machap is made up of 45% Chinese and the by-election was caused by the death of Malacca MCA chief Datuk Poh Ah Tiam on March 15.
The by-election is also seen by many political observers as a barometer to gauge the mood of the voters, especially the Chinese before the next general election. But this is an exceptionally rural electorate.l
The increased in votes for DAP in the Chinese-majority area of Machap Baru, though insignificant, is still a wake-up call for the MCA. More so, Machap Baru is Poh’s kampung.
In their respective post-mortems, the MCA will do well to determine the grouses of the Machap Baru Chinese while the DAP must surely find a way to win the hearts of the Malays and Indians for any real possibility to unseat the BN in the next general election.
This time around, DAP secured 527 votes while MCA garnered 914 votes in Machap Baru. In 2004, MCA garnered 1,270 votes while DAP got only 356 ballots.
The BN was confident of a bigger majority by fielding “local boy” Lai Meng Chong. The DAP’s Liou Chen Kuang is from Malacca town.
“The residents here voted for BN in last general election because of Datuk Poh Ah Tiam. He had done a lot for the villagers. But what has Lai done for us? We know him too well (to know his weaknesses),” said a young voter when met in Machap Baru on Wednesday night.
For the BN and Umno, they can take heart that, depsite the thousands that turned up at former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s ceramah on Wednesday night, the crowd did not translate into votes.
Anwar had also made his rounds in Malay villages that saw him locked in warm shakes which did not really mean electoral support.
The BN was also able to retain the support of the Indian community. Machap is one of the few constituencies that feature a high percentage of Indian voters – at 15%.
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng’s political secretary Ng Wei Aik said: “We had no chance to even talk to the voters in the Malay and Indian villagers who were either satisfied with the BN or had been intimidated not to see us.”
The Opposition had raised many national issues, alleged scandals and corruption but clearly these did not impact the rural folk.
Although the BN had won the by-election with its “development” trademark, unfortunately it had been marred by allegations of vote-buying and abuse of government machinery.
Updated: 10:22PM Thu, 12 Apr 2007

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Set up Constitutional Court for religious issues

April 2nd, 2007
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ppp, mic, mca tarak cakap apa-apa kah?
 
saw the interview in tv3 news yesterday. the gerakan leader said that since about 40% of malaysian are not muslims, the stand taken by the courts is a cause for concern. he said that “we demand rather we request”! strong words indeed…
 
 
 

Gerakan: Set up Constitutional Court for religious issues

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/2/nation/17322497&sec=nation

KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan has called for the setting up of a special Constitutional Court to deal with “various grey issues.” 

It said this was in view of the increasing number of cases affecting the religious, family and basic human rights of non-Muslims. 

This was one the resolutions passed by the Federal Territory Gerakan convention yesterday. 

FT Gerakan chairman Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong, who also heads the partyÂ’s religious bureau at the national level, said many non-Muslims now felt that their rights were gradually being eroded, “so something must be done to correct this.” 

“The problem exists. Everybody knows that,” he said. 

Dr Tan, who is the Segambut MP, said non-Muslims should never be subjected to the Syariah Court, adding that this was never the original intention of the Islamic court. 

He said the special Constitutional Court could be a way to finding a permanent solution to inter-religious problems which were bound to crop up from time to time. 

“The Government must be brave enough to tackle this problem now before things get worse,” he said. 

There was also a resolution calling for the removal of Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria as the Perak Mufti over the spreading a baseless SMS (alleging that Datuk Azhar Mansor had converted out of Islam) some months ago. 

Gerakan secretary-general Datuk Seri Chia Kwang Chye, who was also at the press conference, said that there should be understanding by all parties when dealing with religious issues. 

He noted that while the country was not on the brink of a crisis on inter-religious issues, “we should resolve them before they do.” 

The proposed special Constitutional Court, he said, could be an institutional solution in dealing with such problems. 

In any case, such a court would take a year or two to set up, he said, adding that it was good for any Government with forward planning to consider any suggestion.

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