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PETALING JAYA: When the Kuala Besut by-election was held in July within weeks of GE13, it confirmed what many media observers suspected ... the Malaysian public is down with election fatigue.

Conversely though, in the aftermath of the closely-fought general elections, parties within the two major coalitions, Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat, are now firmly focused on preparing for internal elections.

And the secondary business of running government of course.

El líder del opositor Pacto Popular (PP), Anwar Ibrahim, ha convocado una gran manifestación para el próximo miércoles en Kuala Lumpur para denunciar el fraude que supuestamente se cometió en las elecciones legislativas celebradas el pasado domingo en Malasia, que dieron la victoria al gobernante Frente Nacional (FN).

   "Debemos tener el derecho a expresarnos adecuadamente en los espacios públicos --como los estadios-- y en sus alrededores", ha dicho el líder opositor, en declaraciones recogidas por la cadena británica BBC.

El Frente Nacional, del primer ministro Najib Razak, ha obtenido 133 de los 222 escaños del Parlamento nacional

KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysians must ensure the Barisan Nasional (BN) is returned to power with a more than a two-thirds majority in parliament in Sunday's general election to enable the government to be in a strong position to govern the nation, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.

The former prime minister said BN needed a resounding victory to facilitate coalition to implement all the policies that have been planned for the people's well-being and the nation's prosperity.

Sabah PKR was rocked by defections after four division chiefs quit the party, claiming that the party did not respect the promised autonomy to its state leaders.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is nothing but a great debater who can make people believe almost everything he says

 El primer ministro de Malasia, Najib Razak, ha anunciado la disolución del Parlamento para celebrar elecciones generales de forma anticipada el próximo 27 de abril.

   "El rey ha aceptado mi petición de disolver el Parlamento el 3 de abril", ha dicho desde la capital administrativa, Putrajaya, en un discurso transmitido por la televisión pública.

   El primer ministro ha adelantado que el país asiático celebrará las elecciones generales el próximo 27 de abril, tras una campaña electoral de dos semanas.

Malaysians living in south Thailand, Singapore, Brunei and in Kalimantan, Indonesia will have to return home to vote in the 13th general election, the Election Commission (EC) said.

EC secretary Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria said they were not entitled to the postal voting facilities for Malaysians living abroad. For south Thailand, those living in the Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Songkhla and Satun provinces would be affected.

In a run-up to highly anticipated national elections, an estimated 100,000 people supporting the political opposition thronged Merdeka Stadium in the national capital for a rally organizers referred to as a "people's uprising". 

Signaling a potential shift in government tack, unlike previous rallies where the call had been for reform of election rules and procedures, the event was not suppressed by security officials. 

It is now almost three years since Najib Abdul Razak took over from Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as prime minister.

He has performed a slew of legislative reforms, set out major economic and education plans but has not yet taken the step to call for Malaysia's 13th general election.

Following the timeframe the constitution sets out, Najib has the autonomy to call elections before April 21, after which the Elections Commission has the prerogative and must call elections within 60 days.