Sivamurugan Pandian: May 2012

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

'Opinions Divided On Mukhriz As Kedah MB', The Sun Daily, 29 May 2012

Speculation on Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir being appointed as the next Kedah mentri besar should Barisan Nasional recapture the state in the 13th general election has received mixed reactions. While some believe that Mukhriz is one of the strongest candidates around, others are of the view that the 48-year-old Jerlun MP should not risk his future by venturing early into intrigue-riddled state politics...... Universiti Sains Malaysia political analyst Dr Sivamurugan Pandian told theSun that Mukhriz should contest both parliamentary and state seats. “What happens if he wins (the state seat) but BN fails to form the state government?” Sivamurugan said what is more important is to make sure that the state BN rallies around him. “If Mukhriz is the unifying factor, then all fractions within Umno and BN must close ranks and work together,” he said.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Program Siri Jelajah Isu, Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi & Kebudayaan, 24 Mei 2012

Interview with Nanyang Siangpau Newspaper, 17 March 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Pokok Tumbang, USM, 16 Mei 2012

Pokok yang tumbang di hadapan tempat letak kereta Timbalan Dekan, Bangunan C23, Pusat Pengajian Sains Kemasyarakatan, USM. kebetulan tempat letak kereta saya dan nasib baik tumbangnya menghala ke kawasan lapang di hadapan tempat letak kereta.

'DAP Singkir Dasar Subsidi', Berita Harian, 22 Mei 2012

Sinar Harian, 17 Mei 2012

Berita Harian, 16 Mei 2012

Sinar Harian, 15 Mei 2012

'Perpaduan Milik Siapa', Kolum Pena DrSiva, Utusan Malaysia, 15 Mei 2012

Panel Dialog Nasional Pendidikan, 15 Mei 2012

Hadir Round Table Panel Dialog Nasional Pendidikan yang dipengerusikan oleh Tan Sri Wan Zahid bersama kumpulan media dan bloggers termasuk Zainul NST dan blogger Syed Akhbar Ali Blog Out Of The Box.

New Straits Times, 14 May 2012

Berita Minggu, 13 Mei 2012

New Sunday Times, 13 May 2012

'Petunjuk Semakin Jelas', Sinar Harian, 13 Mei 2012

Monday, May 21, 2012

Majlis Dialog Nasional Pendidikan, Universiti Al-Bukhary, Alor Setar, 12 Mei 2012

'All Pakatan States Should Hold Local Polls', Free Malaysia Today, 11 May 2012

Political commentator Sivamurugan Pandian from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) insisted that Pakatan states should hold respective local polls before the next general election. He said by holding council elections in its states, Pakatan could prove that it had fulfilled its 2008 general election promise. Sivamurugan hoped that Pakatan states of Selangor, Kedah and Kelantan would emulate Penang by enacting a similar law to hold the municipality polls.He wondered why other Pakatan states had not been so enthusiastic to hold local polls. “Why has Kelantan never bothered to have the third vote despite being in power since 1990? “Are Kedah and Selangor comfortable with the autonomy to appoint their proxies in local councils?” asked the deputy dean of USM’s school of social sciences. Sivamurugan questioned why it took more than four years for the Pakatan state government to enact a law to hold local polls when many Penangites demanded it to be implemented much earlier. “DAP and Pakatan have to convince voters that it was not just another pre-election gimmick,” he said.