Adnan confident of clean sweep of seats for BN in Pahang

KUANTAN, Feb 21 — Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob is confident that the Barisan Nasional (BN) can win all the parliamentary and state assembly seats in the state in the 13th general election. 

Adnan (picture) said the confidence was based on the desire of the people in the state who wanted absolute victory for BN in the 14 parliamentary and 42 state seats in Pahang. Currently, BN holds 12 parliamentary and 38 state seats.

“The people of Pahang want BN to win all the parliamentary and state assembly seats and I am confident that we are capable of meeting this target in the 13th general election,” he told reporters after handing over 1 Malaysia Book Vouchers to students of the Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (Polisas) here yesterday evening. 

Adnan, who is also the chairman of the Pahang BN Liaison Committee, said the state BN election machinery was 100 per cent ready for the election and was prepared to be mobilised at any time.

“Our strength is based on the concern of our elected representatives for the poor, the elderly and students and with this strength, we are capable of making a clean sweep this time around,” he said.

Asked on the selection of candidates for the 13th general election, Adnan said the people wanted winnable candidates who could work in the interest of their welfare. 

He said that in every general election, as many as 30 per cent of the candidates were new faces.

“We have many options in selecting the candidates. It’s not difficult to look for candidates because there are many people who want to be selected, but looking for winnable candidates would be something else,” he said. — Bernama