Barisan will not contest in Penanti says Najib and will they stay out of Perak if there is fresh election?

WOW! What a wise choice from the coalition. That means, they don't care about Penang. They know that they are not going to win. They know that it is irrelevant to contest and why contest where there is no significant changes if they win. Penang folks should jump with joy.

Sorry Perakian.You won't be having the same fate because there won't be any fresh election. If they do, it will be a wise choice (BRAVO!) if BN choose to stay out of the election as well. Lets hope because there are a few symptoms.
1. They know they are not going to win
2. They don't care about Perakian, they only care who rules the assembly.

Results from the symptoms : 2 out of 3, not bad, at least there is a hope they will not contest in Perak......

The Star Reports:

KUALA LUMPUR: The Barisan Nasional has decided not to contest the May 31 by-election in Penanti, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced on Monday.

“We feel it is an unnecessary by-election; we will not join in the Opposition’s political games,” said Najib, also the coalition chairman, after a Barisan supreme council meeting.

The Penanti state seat fell vacant on April 17 following the resignation of its PKR assemblyman, Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin. The Election Commission has set May 23 for nominations.

Pakatan will be fielding former Penang PKR chairman Dr Mansor Othman in the contest.

Malaysia Confirms First Influenza A(H1N1) Case

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Friday confirmed its first case of the A(H1N1) flu in a 21-year-old student who returned from the United States on Wednesday morning.

All passengers on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH091 from Newark on Wednesday are urged to contact the Health Ministry by calling 03-88810200 or 03-88810300

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the case Malaysia the 36th country to be affected by the virus.

File Pic: Health officials check passengers from Los Angeles through Taipei at the arrival hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia on April 27. Malaysia has established strict checks since the flu outbreak. - AP

“Malaysia is now on high alert,” said Liow, who is in London now, enroute to Geneva, for a World Health Organisation meeting. He added he would return earlier than his scheduled return next Friday.

Liow said Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha who is now the acting Health Minister would hold a press conference with the deputy health director general Datuk Dr Ramlee Rahmat at Putra Jaya at 3pm

Meanwhile, A statement by the Health Ministry's director-general, Dr. Ismail Merican, said the young man was hospitalised on Thursday for fever, sore throat and body aches.

Tests confirmed that he was infected with the A(H1N1) virus, the statement said. He is receiving anti-viral treatment and was in stable condition, it said.

Ismail said the ministry had contacted members of his family but they have not been placed under quarantine.

Ismail said his department was taking steps to protect public health and that there was no reason to panic.

Meanwhile, Bernama reported that a man from Bukit Mertajam held under observation at the isolation ward of the Penang Hospital has been declared free of Influenza A (H1N1).

"We just got a report that the blood test on the 26-year-old man was negative," State Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said when contacted by Bernama Friday.

A test on a sample of his blood had been sent to Kuala Lumpur.

The man was kept for observation Thursday after he was found to have fever and symptoms similar to those of Influenza A (H1N1) on his return from the United States.

Two weeks ago, a New Zealand tourist was admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital for suspected Influenza A (H1N1) but a blood test also showed up negative.

--THE STAR--

Nizar's Application : Double standard judicial system.

The Star Reports :

5:15pm Court of Appeal sets 9am, May 18, five days from now, to hear Nizar application to set aside stay of execution granted to Zambry on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Zambry had his application for a stay heard and granted within mere hours.

My Comments:

1. Why is it that there are so many backlog cases to appeal and the date fix for hearing were schedule until don't know when, and this Zambry's appeal can be settle within one day?

2. Why is it that this Zambry's appeal been heard by only one judge? Does it mean that the judge that awarded Nizar as the rightful MB made a mistake? If he made a mistake, any consequences?

3. Why is the application file by Nizar today needs five days vs Zambry's appeal within seconds?

MALAYSIA BOLEH

Perak crisis: Stay of execution granted; Zambry to resume duties

Here we go again. Another twist in the Perak Crisis.

There is a very obvious and simple solution. Which is to dissolve the state government and call for fresh election in the state. WHY ARE THEY NOT LISTENING. Till today they still put themselves more important then the Rakyat. For me it will be also a very obvious answer who to vote for if Perak call for fresh election or wait until the next General Election.

Reports:

The Court of Appeal grants Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir his application for a stay of execution on the KL High Court ruling Monday that declared Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin the righful mentri besar of Perak. Essentially, it might mean Dr Zambry is mentri besar until his appeal is heard.

Nizar vs Zambri - Nizar is the rightful MB

Here we go. That is what the judge says. So what says all of you.

Enjoy the report from The Star:

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here ruled rule on Monday that Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin is the rightful Perak Mentri Besar, and not Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.

In his ruling, Justice Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim said that a mentri besar can only be dismissed by a vote of no confidence, and he upheld the Stephen Kalong Ningkan ruling.

He noted that the Perak State Legislative did not hold a vote of no confidence.

In 1966, Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Stephen Kalong Ningkan was ousted when the state governor showed him a letter of no confidence issued by 21 out of 42 legislators and asked Ningkan to resign.

Ningkan refused, saying the letters were not tantamount to a vote of no confidence in the state legislative assembly. He was sacked by the governor but eventually reinstated by the Borneo High Court, which saw the necessity of a formal vote of no confidence.

According to the Nutgraph, the judge ruled ruled that the governor can only dismiss the chief minister when both these conditions are satisfied:

(a) The chief minister has lost the confidence of the House, and

(b) The chief minister has refused to resign and failed to advise a dissolution.

Nizar had filed for a judicial review on Feb 13, seeking a declaration that he is the rightful mentri besar of Perak and an injunction to bar Dr Zambry from discharging his duties as the mentri besar.

On March 6, Justice Lau Bee Lan had ruled that there were constitutional issues involving the interpretation of Article 16 (6) of the Perak Constitution and later referred four consitutional questions to the Federal Court for determination.

However, on March 23, the Federal Court ruled that the case of who the rightful mentri besar is should be heard by the High Court.

Nizar’s lead counsel Sulaiman Abdullah, in wrapping up his submissions last week, said the Constitution was the “genius of the Malaysian people”, adding that the court had a duty to uphold it. Over the last few days, he had submitted that the Sultan, while granted powers in the Perak Constitution to appoint a mentri besar, could not dismiss him.

The only way Nizar could be dismissed, he said, was through a vote of no-confidence in the House.

He also said that a mentri besar could request for the State Assembly to be dissolved in the middle of a term without losing the confidence of the majority of the House.

Dr Zambry’s lawyer Datuk Cecil Abraham, however, argued that Nizar went by Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution when he sought an audience with the Sultan – this article specifically provides for the mentri besar to request for a dissolution when he has lost the confidence of the majority in the House.

Under the article, Nizar is required to tender the resignation of his executive councillors when his request was rejected, he said.