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Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Of course accept la! Who don’t want extra 80,000 members!!! So, is this MIC’s loss? Overall, BN benefits of course.
Posts Tagged ‘PPP’
Kayveas is happy
February 4th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email
KIMMA to join PPP
February 3rd, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email it seems KIMMA (Indian Muslim Party) has decided to join PPP after being blocked from joining BN for so long. They need more clout to fight their causes, especially things like the removal of “indian muslim” race from the IC by Registration Dept . I’m no expert in race/ethnic studies, but i think there’s no such race called “indian muslim”. definitely the religion part does not make up a race in modern times.
PPP gets 3000 ex-MIC members
February 3rd, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Another tit for tat starting? Now wait for MIC to show ex-PPP joining MIC. » Read more: PPP gets 3000 ex-MIC members
PPP testing water only
January 20th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Kayveas clarifies on PPP's entry into Sarawak. Testing water only….
PPP testing waters in Sarawak
KUCHING: The People’s Progressive Party (PPP), which launched its Sarawak pro tem committee here yesterday, is gauging its support before deciding whether to set up a full-fledged state branch.
Its president Datuk M. Kayveas said this was why the party did not inform the state Barisan Nasional of its intention to enter Sarawak. “I will give the committee some time to see how big they can grow and how much support they can get. “Once we are ready we will inform the state. As of now I did not inform the state but there is no need to make a hoo-ha,” he told reporters after launching the committee. Kayveas was referring to comments made by several state Barisan leaders that they were in the dark about PPP’s intention to spread its wings to Sarawak.
He said PPP would inform the state and federal Barisan of its plans to set up a Sarawak branch if the pro tem committee could get between 5,000 and 10,000 members.So far, it has received 1,200 membership applications in the state, 400 of which have been processed.
On PPP becoming the first peninsula-based Barisan party to enter Sarawak, Kayveas said it should not be an issue since Opposition parties such as DAP, PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat were already in the state.
Meanwhile, in TAIPING, Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali said the PPP would not get more seats for the coming polls. However, Tajol Rosli who is also state Barisan Nasional chairman said the PPP’s request could be entertained in the following general election. “When the next redelineation exercise is carried out, the PPP will be given more seats,” he told reporters after convening a pre-election meeting involving Barisan MPs, state assemblymen and component representatives from northern Perak.
Tajol Rosli also announced that the Barisan leadership had appointed Bukit Gantang MP Datuk Tan Lian Hoe as Barisan chairman for the parliamentary seat of Taiping. However, Tajol Rosli reiterated it did not mean that Kayveas would not be fielded for the Taiping seat.
PPP enters Sarawak
KUCHING: The Peninsular Malaysia-based People's Progressive Party (PPP) unveiled its presence in Sarawak with the establishment of a state protem committee yesterday.
"This is only a soft launch of the protem committee of the party and we don't have any plans for a big launch now. "It is also to see the support, whether it comes from the voters, and how they will accept a peninsula-based party," PPP president Datuk M. Kayveas said.
Later, Kayveas, who is also a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said he was targeting between 5,000 and 10,000 members.
He said it was up to the protem committee and members to make PPP's presence felt.
The PPP's entry into Sarawak was at the urging of members and he added that the protem committee had so far received 1,200 membership applications.
PPP nests in Sarawak
January 20th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email We can always trust PPP to cause headache for the rest of BN parties. Wonder if this will be the last straw for BN and kick out PPP from the coalition. If PM already knew about this move, then it should be OK, but if not…..
And Kayveas had the gall to say that "Those still sitting on the fence or partyless in Sarawak can join PPP", which is kind of badmouthing fellow coalition partners, in my view.
What other Sarawak BN members may fear is that this may encourage UMNO and MCA to spread their wings as well. Big headache indeed!
PPP launching Sarawak pro tem committee today
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KUCHING: The PPP will launch its Sarawak pro tem working committee here today to become the first Peninsular Malaysia-based Barisan Nasional party to spread its wings to the state.
However, the state Barisan has not been informed of this, with Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan saying he was unaware of PPP’s intention to enter the state.
PPP president Datuk M. Kayveas will launch the pro tem committee at the Grand Continental Hotel here.
Its Sarawak’s pro tem liaison chief is Zamiran Ujang, 61, a former manager of the Pepper Marketing Board’s Sarikei branch, who is now self-employed. Others in the pro tem committee include businessman George Martin, former Sarawak National Party member Yunus Kalom and Dr Charles Liew as vice-chairmen, pensioner Sulaiman Julaihi as secretary and former Treasury officer Dayang Halimah Abang Fauzi as Wanita chief.
Dr Chan, who heads the Sarawak United People’s Party, said he only heard about the PPP's move yesterday. “I don’t think the state Barisan knows anything about it. We haven’t had a meeting,” he told reporters after launching Kolej Sunway Kuching here yesterday. He also said the PPP had not written to or informed the state Barisan that it was planning to come to Sarawak.
PPP launches Sarawak wing
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KUCHING, Sat:
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP), a peninsula-based Barisan Nasional (BN) component party, launched its Sarawak wing here today.
PPP President Datuk M. Kayveas said after the launch that the party had acceded to the request of about 300 of its associate members in the state to come to Sarawak. “We were invited to come here. Those still sitting on the fence or partyless in Sarawak can join PPP,” he told reporters.
Kavyeas said the PPP had not consulted the Sarawak BN component parties because it wanted to gauge its support in the state before officialy approaching their leaders, and was prepared to reconsider its decision if there was a lack of support for the party in the state. He said that if the Sarawak PPP could register between 5,000 and 10,000 members in the coming months, the party would be ready to set up permanent base here.
Earlier, speaking at the launch, Kavyeas, who is Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said 1,200 people had applied to join Sarawak PPP and the pro-tem committee would hold its first annual general meeting soon to formalise the formation of the party’s wing in the state. — BERNAMA
