Shahrizat: Wanita Umno confident of women's support for BN in GE-13

ALOR SETAR-- Wanita Umno today expressed confidence that the majority of women voters, who make up some 53 per cent of the electorate, will support the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the next general election.

Its chief, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, said the confidence is founded on feedback from the people dissatisfied with the Pakatan Rakyat's allegedly unkept election promises.

"The promises have remained just that. The people will demand that the state governments administered by Pakatan Rakyat fulfill the promises. I am confident that women will give BN the mandate in the 13th general election," she told reporters after a "Jalinan Rakyat" (forging ties with the people) programme of Kedah Wanita BN, here.

The event, attended by state women leaders of BN component parties at the hall of Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Bersatu Kuala Kedah, was opened by Kedah Umno Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Paduka Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah.

Shahrizat, who is women, family and community development minister, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak implemented development programmes in all states regardless of whether they are administered by the BN or the opposition.

She also said that the ministry alone channelled more than RM10 million in aid to 34,734 people in Kedah last year.

-- BERNAMA