DAY 14 | Just a day left before Kuala Kubu Baharu folk cast their ballot.
We will report from time to time from the ground.
Indian community urged to vote
9am - PKR deputy information chief R Ramanan advises the Indian community to be responsible citizens by participating in the democratic process to elect a new representative in the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election tomorrow.
He says the community should not be swayed by sentiments instigated by certain parties who called on them to boycott the by-election.
“We in Malaysia are at peace with each other, we can coexist… but what surprises me is that among our own (Indian) community, (we’re) from the same community, but they are trying to create division. This is very disappointing and disgusting,” Bernama quotes him saying in Hulu Selangor last night.
He made the remarks after attending the briefing session on the Financing Scheme for Indian Community Entrepreneurs (Spumi)/Spumi Goes Big by the National Entrepreneur Group Economic Fund.
The Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election sees a four-cornered contest involving Pang Sock Tao (Pakatan Harapan), Khairul Azhari Saut (Perikatan Nasional), Hafizah Zainuddin (Parti Rakyat Malaysia) and Nyau Ke Xin (Independent).
PN willing to ‘embrace’ MCA, MIC, says Muhyiddin
8.30am - Perikatan Nasional is willing to accept MCA and MIC into its fold if the two parties are not getting due respect from BN.
According to PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin, the two parties should show that they still have dignity and leave BN to work with PN.
“I have seen what was (MCA president) Wee Ka Siong said. It looks like the party has been sidelined and denied the chance to contest.
“Umno has done a lot of things that have sidelined MCA and MIC. So if the parties still had dignity, why still be with BN? They can contest solo and gauge the people’s support (towards the parties), or work with any other parties, including Gerakan, and PN, because we are ‘open’,” the Bersatu president tells reporters after attending a PN function in Batang Kali last night.
MCA had previously announced that it would sit out of the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, as it was not comfortable with statements made by DAP against the party.
‘Logical to be in Bersatu, campaign for Harapan?’
8.10am - Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin shoots down the insistence by Selat Kelang assemblyperson Abdul Rashid Asari that he is still a party member despite campaigning for Pakatan Harapan in Kuala Kubu Baharu.
“He clearly campaigned against his own party’s candidate, from the opposing side’s stage. And he insists he’s still with us (Bersatu). What logic is that?
“When he did that (campaigned against Bersatu), his membership automatically ceased. As a party leader, I can’t possibly say that all is fine. We have rules,” the Perikatan Nasional chairperson tells reporters after attending a coalition function in Batang Kali, last night.
Bersatu secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin recently said that Rashid, who last month voiced support for Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari, had ceased to be a party member since he campaigned for government candidate Pang Sock Tao in Kuala Kubu Baharu.
In reply, Rashid, who is also a former Selangor Bersatu chief, claimed that he is still a party member because the party constitution does not stipulate that one’s membership automatically ceases if one campaigns for an opposing party. - Mkini
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