{"id":1417,"date":"2008-02-27T08:38:33","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T00:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2008\/02\/27\/kayveas-to-get-own-seat-in-next-election\/"},"modified":"2008-02-27T08:38:33","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T00:38:33","slug":"kayveas-to-get-own-seat-in-next-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2008\/02\/27\/kayveas-to-get-own-seat-in-next-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayveas to get own seat in next election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The thorn in te flesh for Perak CM will be finally removed in the next election. Wonder whether he is saying &#8220;let bygones be bygones&#8221; or &#8220;good riddance&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> Handshake ends dispute between Tajol and Kayveas<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/story.asp?file=\/2008\/2\/27\/nation\/20457134&amp;sec=nation\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TAIPING: Let bygones be bygones &#8211; this was the message being conveyed via a handshake between Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali and incumbent Taiping MP Datuk M. Kayveas.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture marked an end to the reported hostilities between the two, who had been at loggerheads following the move to allow the PPP president to re-contest the Taiping parliamentary seat traditionally held by Gerakan.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at a press conference after Tajol Rosli performed a ground-breaking ceremony for a RM180mil magnesium smelting plant at the Kamunting Raya industrial zone here yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Tajol Rosli told the gathering that a vote for Kayveas in this election meant a vote for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and him (Tajol Rosli).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Kayveas loses, it is also a loss to Datuk Seri Abdullah and me,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tajol Rosli said he knew that Taiping Gerakan Youth leaders and members were angered by the decision to allow Kayveas to re-contest here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I salute them because they have the courage to fight for and defend their (Wanita) leader (Datuk Tan Lian Hoe) but when their delegation came to see me, I advised them to go back to Taiping to ensure Kayveas wins this election,&#8221; said Tajol Rosli.<\/p>\n<p>Tajol Rosli said Kayveas <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">would get his own parliamentary seat<\/span> when a re-delineation exercise is done in 2010 or 2011. &#8220;So, if Kayveas wins or loses the Taiping seat this time, the seat will be given back to Gerakan,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The thorn in te flesh for Perak CM will be finally removed in the next election. Wonder whether he is saying &#8220;let bygones be bygones&#8221; or &#8220;good riddance&#8221;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[130,225],"class_list":["post-1417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian","tag-election-2008","tag-politicians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}