The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang today told the party faithful that they will remain in Pakatan Rakyat as it has gained more with the opposition pact than by struggling alone.

He explained to a crucial party seminar that PAS will cast its fortunes with PR due to the political reality of both Muslim and non-Muslim voters in Malaysia.

"PAS will remain in Pakatan Rakyat due to the realitiy of politics where there are Muslim and non-Muslim voters," Hadi told the 1,000 party delegates at the PAS Markaz Tarbiyyah in Gombak here.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad praised today’s PAS seminar as a key milestone in the party’s history.

He said the seminar shows the party was willing to accept criticism and handle them positively.

Khalid stressed that if PAS wants to become a “mainstream” party then the leadership must be willing to accept criticism.

DUBAI, Nov 7 — Malaysia's voice was heard loud and clear at the recently-concluded Women in Leadership Forum when the Southeast Asian nation was represented by Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Her thought-provoking keynote address at the event, which brought together some 300 influential women from the political, business and academic spheres from across the globe, capped a brief but successful visit to this Middle Eastern city.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 – Even as MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat moves to head off the proposed second extraordinary general meeting on Nov 28, beleagured vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said he respected the wish of the party’s central committee (CC) members to call for another EGM.

“Now an EGM has been called, let the delegates decide,” Liow, who is also the Health Minister, told reporters after officiating the 2009 Malaysian Institute of Art Convocation, here today.

Yesterday, MCA secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng conceded that a group of 16 central committee (CC) members had acted within the party constitution to issue a notice for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Nov 28 following his refusal to do so.

JOHOR BARU, Nov 7 – The decision by the MCA’s disciplinary board to resign en bloc has nothing to do with politics. Rather, it was a decision made solely on a professional point of view.

Five days ago, the five-man commmitte headed by lawyer Datuk Ng Cheng Kiat submitted its letter of resignation to party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

“We took the collective decision to resign, not because we want to play politics in the current situation affecting the party.