BN prepares machinery for Sg Bakap by-election

BARISAN Nasional (BN), especially Umno, has given its assurance that it will mobilise its machinery for the Sungai Bakap state constituency by-election, regardless of the candidate to be fielded to represent the unity government.

Its chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that the unity government has not detailed the suitable candidates to be fielded for the state by-election.

“We found that the formula we use is that any political party in the unity government coalition, which obtained second position (in the state election results in August last year), will field the candidate.

“However, BN, especially Umno, will mobilise the machinery in the Sungai Bakap state election, regardless of who will be fielded as the candidate by the unity government,” he told the Malaysian media in Shanghai, today.

The Sungai Bakap state seat is vacant following the death of its incumbent, Nor Zamri Latiff, on May 24 due to stomach inflammation.

Nor Zamri, 56, who was also Nibong Tebal PAS chief, contested the state elections against Pakatan Harapan candidate, Nurhidayah Che Rose, from PKR, in August last year, and won with a majority of 1,563, after securing 15,433 votes. — Bernama

BN sedia jentera untuk PRK Sungai Bakap

BARISAN Nasional (BN) akan menggerakkan jentera untuk menghadapi Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Sungai Bakap walaupun calon yang bertanding bukan daripada gabungan berkenaan.

Pengerusinya, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, berkata jaminan itu dibuat bagi memastikan mana-mana calon yang bertanding mewakili Kerajaan Perpaduan mampu meraih kemenangan, sekali gus memperkukuh sokongan kerajaan Pulau Pinang.

Beliau yang juga Presiden UMNO berkata, Kerajaan Perpaduan belum memperincikan perihal berkaitan calon yang akan bertanding di DUN berkenaan.

“Formula yang digunakan adalah mana-mana parti komponen dalam gabungan Kerajaan Perpaduan yang berada di kedudukan kedua (dalam keputusan Pilihan Raya Negeri, pada Ogos lalu), maka parti itulah yang akan menjadi (mengetengahkan) calon,” katanya di Shanghai, hari ini.

Kekosongan kerusi DUN Sungai Bakap adalah susulan kematian penyandangnya, Nor Zamri Latiff, akibat radang dalam perut, Jumaat lalu.

Pada PRN Pulau Pinang lalu, Nor Zamri meraih 15,433 undi bagi menewaskan calon Pakatan Harapan, Nurhidayah Che Rose dengan majoriti 1,563 undi.

 

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