Johor Bersatu draws crowd of over 4,000 for candidacy announcement

GE14 | Johor Bersatu's ceramah to announce its candidates for the 14th general election(GE14) in a small village in Panchor, Pagoh, pulled a crowd of more than 4,000 people.

Several Harapan leaders, however, claimed that the crowd numbered more than 10,000.

Among the key attraction at the ceramah were Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad, its president Muhyiddin Yasin, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu, PKR vice-presidents Nurul Izzah Anwar and Rafizi Ramli, DAP vice-chairperson M Kulasegaran and Johor DAP chief Liew Chin Tong.

Prior to announcing the candidates, a video on Muhyiddin's contribution to Pagoh was also played at the event and it received applause from the audience.

Flyers, denouncing Umno leaders such as Nazri Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rahman Dahlan, and Puad Zarkashi as lackeys of Umno president Najib Abdul Razak were also distributed to the crowd.

Johor Bersatu will contest 10 parliamentary seats and 18 state seats in Johor in GE14.

The list of candidates are as follows.

Parliament:
1. Muar: Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman
2. Sri Gading: Shahruddin Md Salleh
3. Simpang Renggam: Maszlee Malik
4. Mersing: Nasir Hashim
5. Tenggara: Norjepri Mohamed Jelani
6. Kota Tinggi: Azlinda Abd Latif
7. Pengerang: Norliza Ngadiman
8. Pontian: Karmaine Sardini
9. Tanjung Piai: Md Farid Md Rafik
10. Pagoh: Muhyiddin Yasin

State:
1. Buloh Kasap: Norsamsu Mohd Yusof
2. Tenang: Mohd Solihan Badri
3. Sri Medan: Mohd Ajib Omar
4. Semarang: Zais Mohd Akil
5. Parit Raja: Ferdaus Kayau
6. Kahang: Noorlihan Ariffin
7. Endau: Norul Haszarul Abu Samah
8. Panti: Jawahir Husein
9. Puteri Wangsa: Mazlan Bujang
10. Permas: Che Zakaria Mohd Salleh
11. Larkin: Mohd Izhar Ahmad
12. Kempas: Osman Sapian
13. Bukit Permai: Tosrin Jarvanthi
14. Benut: Najwa Halimah Abdul Alim
15. Bukit Kepong: Sahrudin Jamal
16. Bukit Pasir: Pizi Jihat
17. Machap: Ahmad Ahem
18. Gambir: Muhyiddin Yasin -Mkini