Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Times, Star and TheSun headlined the formation of a PKR-DAP-PAS alliance called Pakatan Rakyat..

Star also led with a story that Roslan Ngah divorced both his wives within minutes in the Kuala Terengganu Syariah court, after they asked for dissolution of the marriages.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian also wrote the Umno leaders want members to stop discussing “petty issues” involving the party, a clear reference to emerging thinking on such matters as abolition of the quota system for securing nominations in order to contest posts.

Utusan Malaysia featured comments from Umno Youth exco member Mukhriz Mahathir and former Selangor liaison head Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, that they will wait for Youth head Hishammuddin Hussein’s next step before deciding on contesting the post.

Former Umno information chief Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir was also quoted as suggesting that the quota should be set at 5 percent for nominations to contest the posts of president and deputy president.

Editorial

New Straits Times lauds that protests against controversial Dutch film ‘Fitna’ in the country have not been violent or done out of hate.

TheSun opined that the people are now faced with political uncertainty and realignment in the post-election era.

Berita Harian said it is still not too late to save Sufiah.