Malaysian MP died on 27 Sept 2010, by-election called

In Malaysia, once a Member of Parliament passed on, there will be a by-election within 60 days. But not in Singapore........ Do I still think Malaysia is behind us? Apparently not especially in democracy; unliked Singapore's un-democratic electoral system where the Election Department is under the Prime Minister's Office. Where is the impartiality?

MM Lee, PM Lee's father said during the New York Times interview about young Singaporeans getting aware in Politics: "The kind of open political combat they demand would inevitably open the door to race-based politics, he said, and “our society will be ripped apart.” NYT, Saturday Profile, 10 Sept 2010.

He will not say our political system is in place so that PAP will remain in power despite the cock ups, billion losses, deaf and unconcerned PAP ministers.

I wrote about the electoral system in UK and Singapore in my past blog here: UK vs Singapore Election

Sad to say that the British Politics had evolved while our is still in the colonial era.....


Source: The MalaysianInsider
Galas rep dies, triggers by-election
UPDATED @ 06:38:54 PM 27-09-2010
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
September 27, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — Galas state assemblyman Che Hashim Sulaima died today of colon cancer, triggering the country’s 12th by-election. He was 48.

Gua Musang PAS vice-chief Hussin Embong told The Malaysian Insider that Che Hashim died at 4.25pm.

The Kelantan Speaker will have to inform the Election Commission which will then call for a by-election within 60 days.

Che Hashim had been suffering from colon cancer for more than a year and was admitted to Kampung Baru Medical Centre here last week.

The one-term assemblyman had been diagnosed with cancer in 2009, when he underwent a medical check-up at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur.

The PAS lawmaker had been receiving treatment at specialist hospitals in Kota Baru and Guangzhou, China since then.

Che Hashim captured the Galas state seat from Barisan Nasional (BN) by a majority of 646 votes in Election 2008.

He received 4,399 votes, defeating incumbent Saufi Deraman. In the 2008 general election, PAS was able to capture 38 of the 45 state seats in Kelantan while BN won six and PKR managed only one.

The Galas seat is under Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s parliamentary constituency of Gua Musang.

The Malays make up 65.81 per cent of the more than 10,000 voters in the state constituency, the Chinese 22.03 per cent, Indians 1.81 per cent, while other races are at 10.32 per cent.