Malaysia PM Dissolves Parliament to Hold Elections

[Deckbuild]

Finally after a long drag...

 

By SEAN YOONG Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia April 3, 2013 (AP)

 

Malaysia's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Wednesday to call for national elections expected later this month.

 

The polls will be fiercely contested between Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling National Front coalition and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's three-party alliance.

 

Najib said in a nationally televised address that he has obtained royal consent from Malaysia's constitutional monarch to dissolve Parliament immediately.

 

The Election Commission is expected to meet within a week to set a polling date. Voting must be held within two months but is widely expected by the end of April.

 

Najib urged Malaysians in his 15-minute speech to give the National Front a strong mandate so that it can work to improve "the fate of our children and grandchildren."

 

The National Front's current five-year mandate had been scheduled to end April 30.

 

At stake are 222 seats in Parliament and control of 12 Malaysian states. The National Front won 2008 elections with less than a two-thirds parliamentary majority, its poorest results in more than five decades of uninterrupted rule since independence from Britain in 1957.

 

Najib was marking exactly four years as prime minister Wednesday. He succeeded Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who was pressured to step down after being blamed for weak leadership that contributed to the National Front's electoral setback.

 

Anwar's opposition alliance wrested control of several states in 2008 by pledging to curb long-entrenched problems including corruption and racial discrimination.

 

Najib has intensified efforts to win back support over the past year with measures such as channeling more funds to the poor and abolishing security laws that were widely considered repressive.

 

Most analysts believe Najib's coalition will still have the upper hand because of its support in predominantly rural constituencies that hold the key to a large number of Parliament's seats.

[Windchoco]

drag until cannot drag aldy...

[Mustank]

I think he is doing a job job!

[Deckbuild]

I think he is doing a job job!

 

Simi job job? Good job sibo? And u referring to Najib?

[Adrianlim13]

if let that play back side guy win , Singapore jialat liao.

 

he is one crazy fuk . Radical and dislike chinese

[Picnic06-Biante15]

Hope he win back his government with an increase in percentage ....

[Joseph22]

if let that play back side guy win , Singapore jialat liao.

 

he is one crazy fuk . Radical and dislike chinese

Anwar??

 

i thought he support racial equality??

[inlinesix]

if let that play back side guy win , Singapore jialat liao.

 

he is one crazy fuk . Radical and dislike chinese

If like that, i though Malaysian Chinese uplorry 1st? [laugh]

[Picnic06-Biante15]

Nothing mention about Sabah.

 

Will they carry on with those gunmen still around ...

 

Latest news is that another 100 new 100 fighters join the current group. No confirmation about it but already reported 2 days ago....

Edited April 3, 2013 by Picnic06

[inlinesix]

Hope he win back his government with an increase in percentage ....

Unlikely with increase in percentage. The sentiment is not there even the rural votes.

[Scion]

our govt may be watching nervously

 

if our neighbour somehow changes sky, then it may provide an inspiration here three years later

[Picnic06-Biante15]

Unlikely with increase in percentage. The sentiment is not there even the rural votes.

 

but press poll show he increase his percentage due to the Sabah incident ..

[Mockngbrd]

if let that play back side guy win , Singapore jialat liao.

 

he is one crazy fuk . Radical and dislike chinese

i think u got it the wrong way around.... sheesh

 

Anwar is much better then this joker bumiputra-policy-loving Najib.

Edited April 3, 2013 by Mockngbrd

[Mustank]

Simi job job? Good job sibo? And u referring to Najib?

 

tiagong sarawak there no voting

[Vidz]

if let that play back side guy win , Singapore jialat liao.

 

he is one crazy fuk . Radical and dislike chinese

really? thought he pro business, pro Chinese?

his supports lots of Chinese leh

[Myxilplix]

if let that play back side guy win , Singapore jialat liao.

 

he is one crazy fuk . Radical and dislike chinese

 

The actual situation is the opposite. Anwar works with and appeals to both the Indian and Chinese populations and their leaders, unlike the incumbent.

[Lala81]

all my malaysian chinese friends/acquaintances are pro-opposition leh.

 

The frustration with corruption and racial politics is quite strong there.

The tensions within MY are much stronger compared to SG.

[Mockngbrd]

Anwar FTW .