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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Khairy ‘not keen’ to contest in GE13


The Rembau MP, however, says he will abide by BN chairman Najib Tun Razak's final decision on his candidacy.
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has announced that he was not keen to contest in the 13th general election. He won the Rembau parliamentary seat in the 2008 general election.
“I have informed [Prime Minister and] BN chairman, Najib Tun Razak, of my preference not to contest in GE13. I have announced this previously.
“But I’m old-fashioned. I would abide by whatever decision the BN chairman makes. I would contest if I’m instructed to do so. If I’m told to back off, I will do so.
“What is of importance is my undivided commitment to ensure BN’s victory, regardless of whether I’m a candidate or not,” Khairy said via his Facebook fan page today.
In 2008, Khairy defeated Badrul Hisham Shaharin from PKR in a straight fight, polling 26,525 votes against Badrul’s 20,779 votes.
In 2008, Rembau had 62,896 voters, of whom 69% were Malays. There were 16% Indian and 15% Chinese voters.
‘I’ve given my best’
Khairy advised Umno Youth leaders not to be sour grapes if they are not chosen as candidates.
“Don’t sulk or oppose if you are not chosen as a candidate. We speak about unity and loyalty in the party. This is the time to prove it in practice and action,” said Khairy.
A year after becoming MP, the 37-year-old Khairy became Umno Youth chief.
He was, however, not offered a Cabinet position even though it had been an Umno tradition to allocate a ministerial post to the Umno Youth chief.
Commenting on this, Khairy said: “This was used by my political enemies to ridicule me. However, I have not known the meaning of sadness, disappointment or anger.
“For the past four years I have soldiered on and executed my duties to the best of my abilities in my capacity as Youth chief.
“To me, the position is not important. The intention to serve the people and be effective in bringing benefits to the people: that really matters,” he said.

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