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Monday, October 11, 2010

Barisan candidate for Galas to be known after Umno assembly


Barisan Nasional’s candidate for the Galas by-election will be announced only after the Umno general assembly.

Its operations director for the Galas by-election Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said this at Parliament house after meeting with Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and other party leaders.

The Umno general assembly is set for next week.

Earlier, Prime Minister and Barisan chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the coalition and Umno would commit its “entire might” to securing the Galas state seat.

He had also announced that Razaleigh had been given his letter of appointment as election campaign director for the by-election on Nov 4 on Monday morning.

“He (Tengku Razaleigh) has said he is very ready to lead the Barisan by-election machinery to victory in Galas,” Najib told a press conference at the Parliament lobby on Monday.

The Galas state seat is one of three seats under the Gua Musang Parliamentary seat.

Najib said he also gave his assurance that Barisan and Umno will lend all support to wrest the state seat, which was held by PAS assemblyman Che Hashim Sulaima who succumbed to colon cancer recently.

Najib said he would be discussing other by-election details with Tengku Razaleigh from time to time.

On the to-be-announced Batu Sapi by-election, Najib said he would need to discuss the matter with Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) president Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan first.

Later when met at the Parliament lobby, PBS deputy president Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili said Najib had held a preliminary talk on Batu Sapi with Pairin.

Chong passed away last Saturday from severe injuries sustained in a road accident in Kota Kinabalu.

Meanwhile, PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub said a high-level party meeting would be held on Wednesday, at its party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to reach a decision on its candidate for the Galas by-election.

Without naming any favourites chosen to lead the defence of the state seat, Salahuddin said the meeting would involve party advisor Datuk Seri Nik Aziz Nik Mat, president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa, vice-presidents Ibrahim Tuan Man, Datuk Mahfuz Omar and himself, and information chief Idris Ahmad.

courtesy of Star

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