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Who cares about party loyalty when you’re promised better things (government/party posts or money) if you were to defect to the other side. Any politician would be more than happy to do so if it guarantees them a cabinet post, well in Malaysia anyway, with very few exceptions of course. For most Malaysian politicians switching sides is a more of a matter of ‘how much’ rather than principle. An embarrassing example would be the Perak power grab ordeal in 2009 which saw three thick-skinned opposition state assembly members crossing over (or rather, bought over) to the BN resulting in a constitutional crisis.
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Malaysian Digest caught up with PKR Wanita chief and Ampang member of parliament Zuraida Kamaruddin recenrtly to find out more about her constituency and whether she will be defending her parliamentary seat in the 13th General Election.
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Ong Tee Keat has been a staunch protector of the Pandan parliamentary seat. The former Transport Minister (2008-2010) and eighth president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) entered politics as a fulltime politician in 1989. He made his maiden effort to contest for the Ampang Jaya parliamentary seat where he faced a tough challenge against former Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Harun Idris who was standing on a Semangat 46 ticket. Ong beat the former Umno strongman by 4,500 votes. He went on to hold the seat for four terms before contesting and winning the newly created Pandan parliamentary seat in the 2004 general election. He successfully defended the seat again in the 2008 general election.
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HULU SELANGOR, 12 FEBRUARY, 2012: There is still time for the Barisan Nasional (BN) to bolster the image of the party and winnable candidates before the next general election, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
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KUALA LUMPUR, 9 FEBRUARY, 2012: Individuals confirmed as election candidates may be barred from withdrawing their candidacy during the cooling-off period after nomination.
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KUALA LUMPUR, 8 FEBRUARY, 2012: The Election Commission (EC) will display the supplementary electoral rolls for the fourth quarter of 2011 from today until Tuesday at 937 venues nationwide.
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KUANTAN, 8 FEBRUARY, 2012: A total of 148,196 people who are of voting age in Pahang have yet to register as electors, representing 17 per cent of the total number of people who have yet to do so throughout the country, state Election Commission (EC) director Othman Noh said.
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SHAH ALAM, 5 FEBRUARY, 2012: Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said today he had never suggested that only tax-paying Malaysians overseas are allowed to become postal voters.
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KUALA LUMPUR, 3 FEBRUARY, 2012: Wanita members were today reminded to remain loyal to the party leadership and focus on preparing for the coming general election amid the differing views on handling the issue involving the wing's leader, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
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