For the first time in Malaysian history....

Barisan Nasional denied 2/3 majority in the Parliament

The opposition took control of five states

A blogger sent to Parliament (is it the first in the world as well? :P)

Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) shown exit at all but 3 Parliamentseats (and couple of state seats) it contested

President of two member parties of Barisan Nasional lost in a general election

Parliament is gonna be lively and full of action

The rakyat showed PEOPLE'S POWER!!

Can't help but to celebrate with this song:





Now, you know who is the BOSS???

I promised a substantial number of posts on the General Election in Puchong, but with time constraint (and loads of work), I have only published couple of posts to date. A bit disappointing but I manage to sneak some time off to attend a ceramah (political speech/gathering) near my place by Gobind Singh Deo. We even had a special appearance by Karpal Singh!! Yippeeeee!!! Here are some photos of the event. I will post the video of Gobind's speech later. Scroll down for the video of Gobind Singh's speech.

Two more photos of roundabouts in Puchong Perdana, filled with the colors of blue and green.

For the benefit of my readers / blogmates from overseas,

Malaysia will be seeing her 12th general election on 8th of March 2008, and the nomination day for all the candidates were held today. At the national level, voters elect the 222-member House of Representatives (Malay: Dewan Rakyat, literally "Hall of the People") of the bicameral Parliament. Members are elected from single-member constituencies drawn based on population and the party that has the majority of the House of Representatives will form the federal government. At the state level, voters elect representatives to the Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly). The number of representatives varies between the different states.
You may want to read more in the Wikipedia entry on elections in Malaysia.

For 50 years (since Independence), Malaysia has been ruled by Barisan Nasional (BN) which was formerly known as Parti Perikatan (Alliance). BN is not a political party by its own, but a collation formed by a long list of member parties. The opposition, on the other hand, made of few other parties such as DAP, PAS and PKR.

You may find few General Election related articles in tulipspeaks from now on. Hopefully it would be a learning experience for everyone, especially those in other countries.

This would be one of the best General Election (GE), my constituent (Puchong) have ever seen. Gobin Singh Deo, son of the mighty Karpal Singh is contesting for Puchong parliamentary seat, while Teresa Kok, the woman who has won my admiration is contesting for Kinrara state seat!



Oh my my.. This would a great battle between the ruling party (ahem.. what else if not BN) and DAP. I think the last strong candidate from DAP stood (and won) in Puchong was V.David. And now its time for another strong MP and state assemblyman to represent this constituent. The issues in Puchong are endless, and I will talk more about it in coming post.