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[10/05 3:39 pm] MD83/84 HYO: Joke for the Day:
Najib's wife to Najib: I asked you to call an electrician, you called an election. Now, we have no power 😭
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[10/05 4:10 pm] MD83/84 HYO: Ready for the show 5pm
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[10/05 7:34 pm] Michael Tan: Cancelled-SwearingInMalaysiaNew-PM.
http://tks61.blogspot.my/2018/05/cancelled-swearinginmalaysianew-pm.html?m=1
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[10/05 7:41 pm] MD83/84 TKK: Now the royal families cannot be trusted
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[10/05 7:45 pm] MD83/84 HYO: Don’t blame them. They lose a lot when TM become PM
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[10/05 10:15 pm] MD83/84 AYPC: A good read ❤
Setting a world benchmark in reclaiming democracy
William de Cruz
10 May 2018, 4:20 pm (Updated 10 May 2018, 4:52 pm)
COMMENT | Malaysians set a world benchmark, a gold standard in how to reclaim democracy against all odds yesterday.
The government coalition that had lorded over a country with various alliances for 61 years threw everything against its citizens for the 14th general election - the judiciary, the police, the universities system, the election commission, its very parliament, race and religion.
Gerrymandering and malapportionment saw some federal constituencies with as little as a few thousand voters sit side-by-side with seats that housed more than 150,000 registered voters.
The ‘apa lagi Cina mahu’ politics of endless division
This was a voting population that saw its very government as adversary.
Yet, like no other country in modern history, millions turned up yesterday and overthrew a murderous, corrupt regime without shedding one drop of blood.
There were no riots, no looting, burning of cars, homes or shops, ugly manifestations of religious or racial bigotry, ignorance or intolerance.
Instead, the people of a multi-racial country that is home to the world's fastest-growing religion, Islam, as well as the two biggest races on the planet, Chinese and Indians, embraced one another to rise above despots, division, discrimination and the albatross of the voting system itself, to unseat a prime minister and coalition that would have sold Malaysian down the drain in return for self-preservation, enrichment and aggrandisement.
The plot twists and ironies that led Malaysia to this historic day could not have been better scripted by the best of Hollywood.
Two men, powerfully galvanising individuals who were each nemesis to the other for nearly two decades - Anwar Ibrahim and Dr Mahathir Mohamad - forged the most unlikely of political alliances.
One remains a prisoner, the other put him there in shameful circumstances that were played out under the glare of world media spotlights.
The prisoner has shown how the sheer power of forgiveness can transcend the most painful of pasts. The image of Anwar and Mahathir shaking hands as allies, at one of Anwar's more recent court appearances, is now regarded by many as the turning point for the alliance that is now government-in-waiting.
The jailor and nation-builder declares he has now to free Anwar.
The most honourable Lim Kit Siang, Malaysia's longest-standing patriot, a walking symbol of long-standing and unrelenting parliamentary opposition, and the epitome of statesmanship, has carried magnanimity and self-sacrifice to another plane entirely.
Lim has embraced Mahathir, who had also thrown him into jail, and placed his aspirations for Malaysia centre stage for the sake of a pact the likes of which no other country has seen.
And yesterday, out of racism, corruption and bigotry emerged unity, determination and a sense of purpose - to forge a new future, a new hope, a new country for ourselves and our children.
Malaysians have shown a uniqueness that is as palpable as it is inspiring, and we must give ourselves the time and space to be very, very proud of what we have achieved today.
We have snatched back democracy from the jaws of destruction, so Malaysia may be rebuilt all over, with the multi-racial, democratic and egalitarian ideals of its founding fathers and earliest patriots.
We have come from the race riots of May 13, 1969, to the multi-racial juggernaut of May 9, 2018. We fought back without bloodshed or violence.
We have returned “Merdeka” - freedom, independence - to our shores. The future is now full of promise, and it's a promise we made to ourselves.
The singular event of May 9 will powerfully resonate forever in our history as a glorious chapter in a people's tenacity.
Yesterday, Malaysians became a beacon to the rest of the world, and delivered a new lesson in non-violent opposition.
The world has not seen such a reversal of fortune as Malaysia's. We are a walking, living legacy.
This is Malaysia, like no other country in the world.
WILLIAM DE CRUZ is former Global Bersih president.
The views expressed here are those of the author/contributor and do not necessarily represent the views of Malaysiakini.
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[10/05 10:15 pm] MD83/84 AYPC: Mahatir sworn in as the pm!
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[10/05 10:15 pm] MD83/84 AYPC: "Apa lagi Najib mau"
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[10/05 10:15 pm] MD83/84 AYPC: Finally!!!
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[10/05 10:25 pm] MD83/84 TKK: Really?
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[10/05 10:30 pm] MD83/84 CHK: Big thank you to Dr.M and 1MDB.
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[11/05 1:52 am] Michael Tan: (Update) It's official, Mahathir is Malaysia's new PM
By Nor Ain Mohamed Radhi -May 10, 2018 @ 10:01pm
KUALA LUMPUR: After 15 years, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in once again as Malaysia’s prime minister.
http://tks61.blogspot.my/2018/05/itsofficial-mahathir-ismalaysias-newpm.html?m=1
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[11/05 9:32 am] MD83/84 WWP: After election, MD chat is sleeping now 😴
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[11/05 9:43 am] MD83/84 TKK: There's still another drama unfolding today. TDM is going to question DG ROS abt UMNO which is an illegal party since 30 April 2018. If ROS declares UMNO as illegal party, then all BN candidates who won in the election will be disqualified.
So Najib and gang can pack their bags. BN is going to lose Pahang, Perlis and Perak. Sabah will be also firmly in Warisan's hands and Warisan's has sworn to join Pakatan Harapan. Please continue to pray 🙏🙏🙏
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[11/05 9:43 am] MD83/84 TKK: Another drama to come
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[11/05 9:57 am] MD83/84 WWP: I will hope BN still around to counter check the PH government. Hope Malaysia will hv a main party system like USA, UK, Australia n New Zealand. People can change the government when the current one is not performing.
[11/05 9:57 am] MD83/84 WWP: .. a two main party system...
[11/05 9:58 am] MD83/84 WWP: They are still many good and clever people in BN..
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[11/05 1:39 pm] MD83/84 KTH: Sharing from a young generation group. Very touching message.
各位，给点时间给新政府，不要一直催消除这个，那个。我们的新首相非常累了，他已经92还要四处奔波劳累，为人民服务。我们的国债不是十年二十年能解决的，太大的洞，这一切都是前任政府和首相照成的。希望大家继续支持我们的新首相，给他们时间，证明一切，给他们时间整理国家，给他们时间，好好休息喘口气。要不是因为他们打头阵，我们也不可能有那么大的勇气去反旧政府，要不是他们，我们也不会看到马来西亚变天的这一天。
看到新首相接任典礼，他已经身心疲惫不堪，手抖了，他真的很累了。让我们继续支持他，既然我们选择他，就必须相信，继续支持他。不管什么决定，我们大家都是为了马来西亚，我们的家，我们的未来努力💪
我们的团结精神，每个国家都有目共睹，每个人都觉得不可思议，马来西亚人民的团结威力那么强大。我们的团结精神，让很多国家人民替我们打气加油，替我们担心害怕，以为这一切都不可能发生和改变。就因为人民齐心，坚持，守着，我们才把黑暗手段一一阻止了，我们的勇士们，因为他们，我们成功的让悲剧发生。就因为这样，很多人都为我们欢呼，为我们成功变天而感动流泪。因为这样，所以我感到很骄傲“我来自马来西亚”，上下齐心，一定可以打造更好的国家和未来。
请大家继续加油，我们一定可以把马来西亚变干净，变得不一样，让很多国家的人民都想要移民来这里，吸引更多旅客前来旅游帮忙促进经济繁荣。加油哦！新的马来西亚，新的政府，新的人民，不管你是什么种族的人民，我们是Malaysian , malaysia boleh, kita boleh
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Sharing from a young generation group. Very touching message.
Guys, give the new government some time. Dont rush to eliminate this, that. Our new Prime Minister is very tired. He has 92 days to run around and serve the people. Our national debt is not going to be solved in 10 or 20 years. It is too big a hole. All this was done by the previous government and the Prime Minister. I hope that you will continue to support our new Prime Minister and give them time to prove everything, to give them time to clean up the country, to give them time to take a break. If it had not been for their leadership, we would not have had the courage to go against the old government. If it had not been for them, we would not have seen this day in Malaysia.
At the sight of the new Prime Minister taking over the ceremony, he was exhausted and shaking his hands. He was really tired. Let us continue to support him, and since we have chosen him, we must trust him and continue to support him. Whatever the decision, we are all here for Malaysia, for our home, for our future
Our spirit of solidarity is evident in every country, and it is inconceivable to everyone that the unity of the Malaysian people is so powerful. Our spirit of solidarity has encouraged many peoples to cheer us on and fear us that none of this can happen or change. It is because the people are united and insistent and keep watch that we have stopped the dark arts one by one, our warriors, because of them, we have succeeded in making the tragedy happen. Because of this, many people cheer for us, for our success changed the sky and moved to tears. Because of this, I am very proud that I come from Malaysia. Together, we can make a better country and a better future.
Please continue to refuel, we can definitely make Malaysia clean and different, let many people want to emigrate here, attract more tourists to help promote economic prosperity. Come on! Oh! The new malaysia, the new government, the new people, whatever race you are, we are Malaysian, malaysia boleh, kita boleh
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[11/05 4:51 pm] MD83/84 TKK: Anwar IS OUT!!!
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[11/05 4:59 pm] MD83/84 DrS: Straits Times Singapore
Malaysia election: How power changed hands in 24 hours from Najib to Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR - The drama that played out on television screens, which ended with 92-year-old Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad being sworn in as Malaysia's new Prime Minister around 10pm on Thursday (May 10), made for gripping viewing.
But far more tense and suspenseful was the theatre that unfolded behind the scenes.
It involved, The Straits Times has learnt, the interpretation of a tricky constitutional clause, the offer of premiership being made to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chief Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and the intervention of three top government officials who went to see the King to persuade him that the post of prime minister should be offered to Dr Mahathir.
All this while, rumours swirled that the Palace was delaying the appointment of Dr Mahathir to the post - rumours that the King came out to deny.
Malaysia's handover for power from the Barisan Nasional alliance that has ruled it since independence to the Pakatan Harapan coalition saw many twists along the way.
By 10.30pm on Wednesday, the writing was on the wall. Malaysia's BN coalition government led by Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was staring at a historic electoral defeat, with its bigwigs falling like tenpins.
Second finance minister and key Najib lieutenant, Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani, was trounced in the Titiwangsa parliamentary seat, an ethnic Malay-dominated urban stronghold of the United Malaysia National Organisation (Umno) in the capital Kuala Lumpur that it had been confident of winning.
In the Najib camp panic was spreading fast. "It is very close and the people should only consider what the EC (Election Commission) declares as official (results)," one close advisor to the premier told the Straits Times, adding that "other options" were being looked into.
But the EC, which had been accused of pandering to every whim of Umno and the BN in the run-up to the country's most competitive polls, was surprisingly silent.
Meanwhile, tensions were building in the opposition camp headed by Dr Mahathir, ensconced in a large function room of the recently-completed Sheraton Hotel in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
UPPING THE ANTE
The refusal by the EC to validate results at several polling stations prompted Dr Mahathir to raise the ante by declaring that the opposition had won.
Relying on a screenshot from a digital board at the highly classified security operations room of the national police, that kept real-time updates of the electoral counts, Dr Mahathir told Malaysians before a nationally-televised press conference just after midnight that his opposition alliance had secured more than a simple majority in the 222-member parliament to form the next government.
The screenshot of the digital board, that was spread over WhatsApp, showed that his coalition had swept 127 parliamentary seats and 282 state assembly seats, with the BN trailing in its wake with 86 seats and 193 seats, respectively.
Dr Mahathir's claims of victory effectively pushed Malaysia into unchartered waters.
The BN has been the only governing alliance that Malaysia has known since independence in 1957 - with no history of handing over power to a different political party at the national level.
In the hours to follow, several of the country's largely ceremonial but highly influential royal households would spurn Dr Mahathir as the opposition's candidate for premiership. He would also be forced to stare down threats of a possible declaration of Emergency, and the risk of cracks appearing in his fragile coalition as Mr Najib claimed that the election had produced a hung parliament.
In the end, the wily politician would prevail and leave Malaysia's King with little choice but to swear him in as the leader of Malaysia's new government in a simple ceremony at the National Palace that began at 9.30pm yesterday, making him the world's oldest serving prime minister at 92.
Despite the electoral win, the offer to form the next government did not come Dr Mahathir's way easily. A post-election drama - pieced together from the accounts of several players directly involved in it - played out behind the scenes, underscoring the complexity of Malaysia multi-ethnic politics and the many challenges the country's new government is set to face.
Last night's political impasse began with rumours that the embattled Najib administration was considering to suspend the electoral process and declaring a state of emergency.
While talk of an Emergency would later be proven unfounded, it was enough to force the country's royal households to intervene in the unfolding political cliffhanger.
ROYALTY STEPS IN
The Straits Times has learnt that the country's urbane deputy king, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah of the Perak royal household, ordered the chief of police to maintain order and ensure that the outcome of the poll was respected.
Sultan Nazrin then conferred with his brother ruler, Sultan Muhammad V of the Kelantan royal household, who is also Malaysia's current King, seeking his intervention in the unfolding crisis.
Palace edicts were quickly issued to the Election Commission not to hold back on declaring the results and to jumpstart the process for any handover of power.
At the time, unofficial results revealed that the Mahathir-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, comprising four parties, had won enough seats to make up a simple majority in parliament.
But unlike the BN, which is officially recognised as a coalition, the opposition line-up has yet to be formally registered.
That led the candidates from three members of the opposition alliance - Dr Mahathir's newly established Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Parti Amanah Negara - to contest under the banner of PKR.
The electoral gambit to contest as a single party clearly worked, with the alliance securing control of 104 seats in Parliament under the PKR ticket, and its allies in Sabah and Sarawak capturing another 17 to give it the simple majority needed.
But the one-banner strategy also raised several prickly legal and constitutional issues.
Malaysia's constitution states that the leader from the party with the most seats won in Parliament would be invited by the King to be appointed as prime minister to pave the way for the formation of a government that may require a working relationship with other parties.
By virtue of that provision in the constitution, Sultan Muhammad V invited Dr Wan Azizah for an audience at around 3am on Thursday morning and, according to people close to the situation, the King stated that he could not accept Dr Mahathir's nomination as the candidate for premier because he was not the leader of the dominant party in Parliament.
WHO SHOULD BE PM?
Dr Wan Azizah was told that it would be more acceptable if she was presented as the candidate for the premiership.
No one slept much that night, certainly not Dr Mahathir who told a press conference yesterday afternoon: "I was very sleepy this morning. I got up late. Lots of people got up late."
The stalemate with the Palace had not been resolved when he spoke. It had deepened at around 10am, when the EC broke its silence and provided an updated set of results, declaring that no single party had secured a clear majority to lead.
Mr Najib latched on to the EC announcement to declare that his BN accepted the verdict of the people but the elections had produced a hung parliament. This triggered speculation that the BN would attempt to entice opposition candidates to cross over to its side and bolster its numbers.
Against this uncertain backdrop, Dr Mahathir appeared shortly afterward, on a nationally-televised press conference to declare that all the elected candidates from the opposition coalition had unanimously agreed to nominate him as their prime ministerial candidate.
The letter was supporting his candidature was handed over to the Palace at 1.38pm. At 2.45pm, the EC handed the official results to the King. But there was one more card to play.
To strengthen Dr Mahathir's case, the PH leadership also persuaded three top officials to meet the King and offer their reading of the situation. They comprised the Chief Secretary of Government, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa, who heads the civil service, Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Fuzi Harun and a senior member of the Armed Forces.
In the audience with Sultan Muhammad V at around 3pm yesterday, the three top government officials impressed upon the King the potential pitfalls that any delay in the swearing in Dr Mahathir on the national security situation, people close to the matter said.
After this meeting, the Palace asked to see Dr Mahathir along with other coalition leaders at 5pm. Dr Mahathir did not attend the meeting, but Dr Wan Azizah, Mr Muhyuddin Yassin, Mr Lim Guan Eng and Mr Mohamad Sabu met him and confirmed that they supported Dr Mahathir as Prime Minister.
This sealed the deal and at 9.30pm Dr. Mahathir was officially sworn in as Malaysia's Prime Minister for the second time.
But the long gap between the time he staked his claim to the post and his swearing drew an explanation from the Palace, which said: "Istana Negara strongly refutes any allegation that...Sultan Muhammad V delayed the appointment of Tun Dr Mahathir as Prime Minister."
The long drama drew to a close.
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[10/05 3:39 pm] MD83/84 HYO: Joke for the Day:
Najib's wife to Najib: I asked you to call an electrician, you called an election. Now, we have no power 😭
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[10/05 4:10 pm] MD83/84 HYO: Ready for the show 5pm
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[10/05 7:34 pm] Michael Tan: Cancelled-SwearingInMalaysiaNew-PM.
http://tks61.blogspot.my/2018/05/cancelled-swearinginmalaysianew-pm.html?m=1
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[10/05 7:41 pm] MD83/84 TKK: Now the royal families cannot be trusted
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[10/05 10:15 pm] MD83/84 AYPC: A good read ❤
Setting a world benchmark in reclaiming democracy
William de Cruz
10 May 2018, 4:20 pm (Updated 10 May 2018, 4:52 pm)
COMMENT | Malaysians set a world benchmark, a gold standard in how to reclaim democracy against all odds yesterday.
The government coalition that had lorded over a country with various alliances for 61 years threw everything against its citizens for the 14th general election - the judiciary, the police, the universities system, the election commission, its very parliament, race and religion.
Gerrymandering and malapportionment saw some federal constituencies with as little as a few thousand voters sit side-by-side with seats that housed more than 150,000 registered voters.
The ‘apa lagi Cina mahu’ politics of endless division
This was a voting population that saw its very government as adversary.
Yet, like no other country in modern history, millions turned up yesterday and overthrew a murderous, corrupt regime without shedding one drop of blood.
There were no riots, no looting, burning of cars, homes or shops, ugly manifestations of religious or racial bigotry, ignorance or intolerance.
Instead, the people of a multi-racial country that is home to the world's fastest-growing religion, Islam, as well as the two biggest races on the planet, Chinese and Indians, embraced one another to rise above despots, division, discrimination and the albatross of the voting system itself, to unseat a prime minister and coalition that would have sold Malaysian down the drain in return for self-preservation, enrichment and aggrandisement.
The plot twists and ironies that led Malaysia to this historic day could not have been better scripted by the best of Hollywood.
Two men, powerfully galvanising individuals who were each nemesis to the other for nearly two decades - Anwar Ibrahim and Dr Mahathir Mohamad - forged the most unlikely of political alliances.
One remains a prisoner, the other put him there in shameful circumstances that were played out under the glare of world media spotlights.
The prisoner has shown how the sheer power of forgiveness can transcend the most painful of pasts. The image of Anwar and Mahathir shaking hands as allies, at one of Anwar's more recent court appearances, is now regarded by many as the turning point for the alliance that is now government-in-waiting.
The jailor and nation-builder declares he has now to free Anwar.
The most honourable Lim Kit Siang, Malaysia's longest-standing patriot, a walking symbol of long-standing and unrelenting parliamentary opposition, and the epitome of statesmanship, has carried magnanimity and self-sacrifice to another plane entirely.
Lim has embraced Mahathir, who had also thrown him into jail, and placed his aspirations for Malaysia centre stage for the sake of a pact the likes of which no other country has seen.
And yesterday, out of racism, corruption and bigotry emerged unity, determination and a sense of purpose - to forge a new future, a new hope, a new country for ourselves and our children.
Malaysians have shown a uniqueness that is as palpable as it is inspiring, and we must give ourselves the time and space to be very, very proud of what we have achieved today.
We have snatched back democracy from the jaws of destruction, so Malaysia may be rebuilt all over, with the multi-racial, democratic and egalitarian ideals of its founding fathers and earliest patriots.
We have come from the race riots of May 13, 1969, to the multi-racial juggernaut of May 9, 2018. We fought back without bloodshed or violence.
We have returned “Merdeka” - freedom, independence - to our shores. The future is now full of promise, and it's a promise we made to ourselves.
The singular event of May 9 will powerfully resonate forever in our history as a glorious chapter in a people's tenacity.
Yesterday, Malaysians became a beacon to the rest of the world, and delivered a new lesson in non-violent opposition.
The world has not seen such a reversal of fortune as Malaysia's. We are a walking, living legacy.
This is Malaysia, like no other country in the world.
WILLIAM DE CRUZ is former Global Bersih president.
The views expressed here are those of the author/contributor and do not necessarily represent the views of Malaysiakini.
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[10/05 10:15 pm] MD83/84 AYPC: Mahatir sworn in as the pm!
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[10/05 10:15 pm] MD83/84 AYPC: "Apa lagi Najib mau"
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[10/05 10:15 pm] MD83/84 AYPC: Finally!!!
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[10/05 10:25 pm] MD83/84 TKK: Really?
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[10/05 10:30 pm] MD83/84 CHK: Big thank you to Dr.M and 1MDB.
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[11/05 1:52 am] Michael Tan: (Update) It's official, Mahathir is Malaysia's new PM
By Nor Ain Mohamed Radhi -May 10, 2018 @ 10:01pm
KUALA LUMPUR: After 15 years, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in once again as Malaysia’s prime minister.
http://tks61.blogspot.my/2018/05/itsofficial-mahathir-ismalaysias-newpm.html?m=1
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[11/05 9:32 am] MD83/84 WWP: After election, MD chat is sleeping now 😴
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[11/05 9:43 am] MD83/84 TKK: There's still another drama unfolding today. TDM is going to question DG ROS abt UMNO which is an illegal party since 30 April 2018. If ROS declares UMNO as illegal party, then all BN candidates who won in the election will be disqualified.
So Najib and gang can pack their bags. BN is going to lose Pahang, Perlis and Perak. Sabah will be also firmly in Warisan's hands and Warisan's has sworn to join Pakatan Harapan. Please continue to pray 🙏🙏🙏
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[11/05 9:43 am] MD83/84 TKK: Another drama to come
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[11/05 9:57 am] MD83/84 WWP: I will hope BN still around to counter check the PH government. Hope Malaysia will hv a main party system like USA, UK, Australia n New Zealand. People can change the government when the current one is not performing.
[11/05 9:57 am] MD83/84 WWP: .. a two main party system...
[11/05 9:58 am] MD83/84 WWP: They are still many good and clever people in BN..
[11/05 9:59 am] MD83/84 WWP: There...
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[11/05 1:39 pm] MD83/84 KTH: Sharing from a young generation group. Very touching message.
各位，给点时间给新政府，不要一直催消除这个，那个。我们的新首相非常累了，他已经92还要四处奔波劳累，为人民服务。我们的国债不是十年二十年能解决的，太大的洞，这一切都是前任政府和首相照成的。希望大家继续支持我们的新首相，给他们时间，证明一切，给他们时间整理国家，给他们时间，好好休息喘口气。要不是因为他们打头阵，我们也不可能有那么大的勇气去反旧政府，要不是他们，我们也不会看到马来西亚变天的这一天。
看到新首相接任典礼，他已经身心疲惫不堪，手抖了，他真的很累了。让我们继续支持他，既然我们选择他，就必须相信，继续支持他。不管什么决定，我们大家都是为了马来西亚，我们的家，我们的未来努力💪
我们的团结精神，每个国家都有目共睹，每个人都觉得不可思议，马来西亚人民的团结威力那么强大。我们的团结精神，让很多国家人民替我们打气加油，替我们担心害怕，以为这一切都不可能发生和改变。就因为人民齐心，坚持，守着，我们才把黑暗手段一一阻止了，我们的勇士们，因为他们，我们成功的让悲剧发生。就因为这样，很多人都为我们欢呼，为我们成功变天而感动流泪。因为这样，所以我感到很骄傲“我来自马来西亚”，上下齐心，一定可以打造更好的国家和未来。
请大家继续加油，我们一定可以把马来西亚变干净，变得不一样，让很多国家的人民都想要移民来这里，吸引更多旅客前来旅游帮忙促进经济繁荣。加油哦！新的马来西亚，新的政府，新的人民，不管你是什么种族的人民，我们是Malaysian , malaysia boleh, kita boleh
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Sharing from a young generation group. Very touching message.
Guys, give the new government some time. Dont rush to eliminate this, that. Our new Prime Minister is very tired. He has 92 days to run around and serve the people. Our national debt is not going to be solved in 10 or 20 years. It is too big a hole. All this was done by the previous government and the Prime Minister. I hope that you will continue to support our new Prime Minister and give them time to prove everything, to give them time to clean up the country, to give them time to take a break. If it had not been for their leadership, we would not have had the courage to go against the old government. If it had not been for them, we would not have seen this day in Malaysia.
At the sight of the new Prime Minister taking over the ceremony, he was exhausted and shaking his hands. He was really tired. Let us continue to support him, and since we have chosen him, we must trust him and continue to support him. Whatever the decision, we are all here for Malaysia, for our home, for our future
Our spirit of solidarity is evident in every country, and it is inconceivable to everyone that the unity of the Malaysian people is so powerful. Our spirit of solidarity has encouraged many peoples to cheer us on and fear us that none of this can happen or change. It is because the people are united and insistent and keep watch that we have stopped the dark arts one by one, our warriors, because of them, we have succeeded in making the tragedy happen. Because of this, many people cheer for us, for our success changed the sky and moved to tears. Because of this, I am very proud that I come from Malaysia. Together, we can make a better country and a better future.
Please continue to refuel, we can definitely make Malaysia clean and different, let many people want to emigrate here, attract more tourists to help promote economic prosperity. Come on! Oh! The new malaysia, the new government, the new people, whatever race you are, we are Malaysian, malaysia boleh, kita boleh
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[11/05 4:51 pm] MD83/84 TKK: Anwar IS OUT!!!
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[11/05 4:59 pm] MD83/84 DrS: Straits Times Singapore
Malaysia election: How power changed hands in 24 hours from Najib to Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR - The drama that played out on television screens, which ended with 92-year-old Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad being sworn in as Malaysia's new Prime Minister around 10pm on Thursday (May 10), made for gripping viewing.
But far more tense and suspenseful was the theatre that unfolded behind the scenes.
It involved, The Straits Times has learnt, the interpretation of a tricky constitutional clause, the offer of premiership being made to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chief Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and the intervention of three top government officials who went to see the King to persuade him that the post of prime minister should be offered to Dr Mahathir.
All this while, rumours swirled that the Palace was delaying the appointment of Dr Mahathir to the post - rumours that the King came out to deny.
Malaysia's handover for power from the Barisan Nasional alliance that has ruled it since independence to the Pakatan Harapan coalition saw many twists along the way.
By 10.30pm on Wednesday, the writing was on the wall. Malaysia's BN coalition government led by Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was staring at a historic electoral defeat, with its bigwigs falling like tenpins.
Second finance minister and key Najib lieutenant, Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani, was trounced in the Titiwangsa parliamentary seat, an ethnic Malay-dominated urban stronghold of the United Malaysia National Organisation (Umno) in the capital Kuala Lumpur that it had been confident of winning.
In the Najib camp panic was spreading fast. "It is very close and the people should only consider what the EC (Election Commission) declares as official (results)," one close advisor to the premier told the Straits Times, adding that "other options" were being looked into.
But the EC, which had been accused of pandering to every whim of Umno and the BN in the run-up to the country's most competitive polls, was surprisingly silent.
Meanwhile, tensions were building in the opposition camp headed by Dr Mahathir, ensconced in a large function room of the recently-completed Sheraton Hotel in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
UPPING THE ANTE
The refusal by the EC to validate results at several polling stations prompted Dr Mahathir to raise the ante by declaring that the opposition had won.
Relying on a screenshot from a digital board at the highly classified security operations room of the national police, that kept real-time updates of the electoral counts, Dr Mahathir told Malaysians before a nationally-televised press conference just after midnight that his opposition alliance had secured more than a simple majority in the 222-member parliament to form the next government.
The screenshot of the digital board, that was spread over WhatsApp, showed that his coalition had swept 127 parliamentary seats and 282 state assembly seats, with the BN trailing in its wake with 86 seats and 193 seats, respectively.
Dr Mahathir's claims of victory effectively pushed Malaysia into unchartered waters.
The BN has been the only governing alliance that Malaysia has known since independence in 1957 - with no history of handing over power to a different political party at the national level.
In the hours to follow, several of the country's largely ceremonial but highly influential royal households would spurn Dr Mahathir as the opposition's candidate for premiership. He would also be forced to stare down threats of a possible declaration of Emergency, and the risk of cracks appearing in his fragile coalition as Mr Najib claimed that the election had produced a hung parliament.
In the end, the wily politician would prevail and leave Malaysia's King with little choice but to swear him in as the leader of Malaysia's new government in a simple ceremony at the National Palace that began at 9.30pm yesterday, making him the world's oldest serving prime minister at 92.
Despite the electoral win, the offer to form the next government did not come Dr Mahathir's way easily. A post-election drama - pieced together from the accounts of several players directly involved in it - played out behind the scenes, underscoring the complexity of Malaysia multi-ethnic politics and the many challenges the country's new government is set to face.
Last night's political impasse began with rumours that the embattled Najib administration was considering to suspend the electoral process and declaring a state of emergency.
While talk of an Emergency would later be proven unfounded, it was enough to force the country's royal households to intervene in the unfolding political cliffhanger.
ROYALTY STEPS IN
The Straits Times has learnt that the country's urbane deputy king, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah of the Perak royal household, ordered the chief of police to maintain order and ensure that the outcome of the poll was respected.
Sultan Nazrin then conferred with his brother ruler, Sultan Muhammad V of the Kelantan royal household, who is also Malaysia's current King, seeking his intervention in the unfolding crisis.
Palace edicts were quickly issued to the Election Commission not to hold back on declaring the results and to jumpstart the process for any handover of power.
At the time, unofficial results revealed that the Mahathir-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, comprising four parties, had won enough seats to make up a simple majority in parliament.
But unlike the BN, which is officially recognised as a coalition, the opposition line-up has yet to be formally registered.
That led the candidates from three members of the opposition alliance - Dr Mahathir's newly established Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Parti Amanah Negara - to contest under the banner of PKR.
The electoral gambit to contest as a single party clearly worked, with the alliance securing control of 104 seats in Parliament under the PKR ticket, and its allies in Sabah and Sarawak capturing another 17 to give it the simple majority needed.
But the one-banner strategy also raised several prickly legal and constitutional issues.
Malaysia's constitution states that the leader from the party with the most seats won in Parliament would be invited by the King to be appointed as prime minister to pave the way for the formation of a government that may require a working relationship with other parties.
By virtue of that provision in the constitution, Sultan Muhammad V invited Dr Wan Azizah for an audience at around 3am on Thursday morning and, according to people close to the situation, the King stated that he could not accept Dr Mahathir's nomination as the candidate for premier because he was not the leader of the dominant party in Parliament.
WHO SHOULD BE PM?
Dr Wan Azizah was told that it would be more acceptable if she was presented as the candidate for the premiership.
No one slept much that night, certainly not Dr Mahathir who told a press conference yesterday afternoon: "I was very sleepy this morning. I got up late. Lots of people got up late."
The stalemate with the Palace had not been resolved when he spoke. It had deepened at around 10am, when the EC broke its silence and provided an updated set of results, declaring that no single party had secured a clear majority to lead.
Mr Najib latched on to the EC announcement to declare that his BN accepted the verdict of the people but the elections had produced a hung parliament. This triggered speculation that the BN would attempt to entice opposition candidates to cross over to its side and bolster its numbers.
Against this uncertain backdrop, Dr Mahathir appeared shortly afterward, on a nationally-televised press conference to declare that all the elected candidates from the opposition coalition had unanimously agreed to nominate him as their prime ministerial candidate.
The letter was supporting his candidature was handed over to the Palace at 1.38pm. At 2.45pm, the EC handed the official results to the King. But there was one more card to play.
To strengthen Dr Mahathir's case, the PH leadership also persuaded three top officials to meet the King and offer their reading of the situation. They comprised the Chief Secretary of Government, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa, who heads the civil service, Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Fuzi Harun and a senior member of the Armed Forces.
In the audience with Sultan Muhammad V at around 3pm yesterday, the three top government officials impressed upon the King the potential pitfalls that any delay in the swearing in Dr Mahathir on the national security situation, people close to the matter said.
After this meeting, the Palace asked to see Dr Mahathir along with other coalition leaders at 5pm. Dr Mahathir did not attend the meeting, but Dr Wan Azizah, Mr Muhyuddin Yassin, Mr Lim Guan Eng and Mr Mohamad Sabu met him and confirmed that they supported Dr Mahathir as Prime Minister.
This sealed the deal and at 9.30pm Dr. Mahathir was officially sworn in as Malaysia's Prime Minister for the second time.
But the long gap between the time he staked his claim to the post and his swearing drew an explanation from the Palace, which said: "Istana Negara strongly refutes any allegation that...Sultan Muhammad V delayed the appointment of Tun Dr Mahathir as Prime Minister."
The long drama drew to a close.
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