Foul!

"Parliament to be dissolved on April 6. Elections will be held early May." This seems to be the talk of the town. If true dissolution takes place this Friday, the next question would be: when will the 14th General Elections take place? May 5, 2018 - a Saturday OR another date which falls on a working day? The Malaysian Insight, which has suspended its operations, highlighted the possibility of a  mid-week polling date . The report, published on March 29, stated:   " A mid-week election could result in a lower voter turnout for GE14, as there is a large diaspora of Malaysian voters, particularly in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia, who return when the general election is usually held over the weekend." Having the general elections on a working day will be seen as an attempt to discourage the electorate from casting their votes. If that happens, members from the opposition parties will not be pleased. But holding the elections on a week day (not a...

The nation will gear up for the 13th General Elections after the Parliament was dissolved as per Prime Minister Najib Razak's live speech at 11.30am. The Election Commission will meet before they announce the polling date which many believe will be later this month. During his speech, Najib pacified fears of those in Lahad Datu, encouraging them to vote and that security in their area will be closely monitored by the security forces. Today also marks Najib's fourth year in office, having succeeded Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2009. For the build-up and reaction to this morning's announcement, visit here . HD says: Let the games begin.

Judging by this letter, the Malaysian Athletic Federation (MAF) will not be able to conduct their elections tomorrow. The letter, which was made available to the author, was signed by the returning officer. However, I have been informed the MAF will go ahead with elections. Apparently a council meeting was supposed to be held today to discuss about this matter but it was cancelled due to the 'lack of quorum'. Danyal Balagopal Abdullah (pic) , meanwhile, organised a Press conference at Wisma OCM earlier this morning. In his SMS to members of the press, the Press conference was to "protest the election as nomination is null & void". If and the big 'IF' MAF goes ahead with the elections, it could turn out to be another messy episode and the losing parties could use this to their advantage and challenge the validity of the elections. It will be interesting to see what transpires between now and tomorrow. HD says: Hmm...