KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional has decided a Bersatu candidate will stand for the Pulai parliamentary by-election in Johor, while its coalition partner PAS will field a representative for the state by-election in Simpang Jeram, said a source.
The source added that the coalition’s top leadership decided this to ensure they fielded only winnable candidates for the two by-elections.
The death of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub, 61, on July 23 triggered the two by-elections.PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, when met by the media after the PAS central committee meeting at the party headquarters here yesterday, said the choice of candidates for both by-elections has been discussed and an official announcement will be made by top leaders soon.
Nomination day for the Simpang Jeram state seat and Pulai parliamentary seat by-elections has been set for Aug 26.In the last general election in 2018, Salahuddin won the Pulai parliamentary seat by a whopping 20,989 majority against Barisan Nasional bigwig Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, who only managed to get 23,026 votes and Perikatan’s Loh Kah Yong, who garnered 14,432 votes.
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