Azmin not defending PKR Gombak chief post

Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari will contest for the post along with Nizam Saad.

Mohamed Azmin Ali will be defending the deputy president’s post.

SHAH ALAM: Mohamed Azmin Ali will not defend his post as the PKR Gombak division chief for the first time since winning it in 1998, Selangor PKR chief coordinator Hassan Yusof said.

Instead, Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari will contest the post against Nizam Saad, he said.

Azmin, who is the economic affairs minister and Gombak MP, will be defending his deputy presidency in the upcoming PKR elections, where he will face Rafizi Ramli.

Hassan said only two posts were won uncontested in the state, namely PKR Ampang division chief, which was won by housing and local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin, and PKR Ampang Wanita chief post, which was won by Salmah Ismail.

“The number of candidates contesting divisional posts in Selangor has increased by more than 20% compared to the previous elections,” he told Bernama.

The total nomination fees collected in Selangor was also the highest among the states, at RM201,000, followed by Sabah, at RM169,000.

The nomination for elections at 22 Selangor PKR divisions, at Dewan Teratai of the Shah Alam City Council here yesterday, proceeded smoothly with about 2,200 nomination forms handed in for the various posts.

Selangor is the last state to seek nominations. The elections are scheduled to run nationwide from this month to early October. -FMT