Meredith L. Weiss is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is part of a team, funded partly by the ANU’s Centre for Democratic Institutions and including the ANU’s Edward Aspinall and Paul Hutchcroft, researching elections in Southeast Asia.
‘RUMAH kita, kita lah yang jaga” (We look after our own house). With these words and with thunderous applause from the huge crowd both inside and outside the main hall of SICC, Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (PGRS) president Datuk Seri Panglima Hj Hajiji Hj Noor launched the party’s first AGM on Monday 13 Nov.
In the November 1999 federal election, PBS only managed 3 parliamentary seats, a far cry from the 8 seats that it won in 1995 and 14 in 1990. The 3 seats were in Bandau (Dr Max), Tanjong Aru (Dr Yee Moh Chai) and Tan Sri Pairin (Keningau). The trio was seen as the Flagship Carrier of PBS.
GEORGE TOWN (June 18): Gerakan president Datuk Dominic Lau Hoe Chai predicts there will be a “people’s wave” in the coming six state elections, claiming growing discontent with the federal government comprising Pakatan Harapan (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN), Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and Gabungan Be
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