For someone in a hot seat, my colleague Zul S, knows too well that the country’s political temperature can easily rise with an impeding by-election in the northern state of Penang.
He is concern that things could get of out hands if the competing parties resort to overzealous campaigning in Permatang Pauh.
“Please tell your political friends to campaign with decorum,” he said as I told him that I have found new vigour to blog, mostly about friendship, communication, journalism and Bernama.
As Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the General News Service, Zul oversees Bernama’s reporting coverage of the upcoming election – the first since last March general elections.
Nominations will be held on August 16 while polling is on August 26.
The parliamentary seat fell vacant following the resignation of Parti Keadilan Rakyat President Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail on July 31.
“The MPs (Members of Parliament) can be friendly among themselves when they are outside the august ‘dewan’.
“But once they get inside they can become the worst of enemies,” said Zul, a seasoned journalist when it comes to covering elections.
Friday, August 08, 2008
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