Independent candidates can be kingmakers - Malacca’s Hulk

 

MALACCA POLLS | It is not impossible that Independent candidates in the state election will be the 'kingmakers' if none of the big players succeeds in forming the state government after polling day on Nov 20, according to Independent candidate for the Pengkalan Batu seat Norhizam Hassan Baktee.

He thinks that there are voters who no longer want to choose any of the big coalitions but instead opt for independent candidates.

"It is not impossible for independents to be kingmakers if no party (coalition) can win comfortably. Many people do not want to choose a party again, choose this party a problem, choose that party a problem, they are trying to place their hopes on Independent candidates," he said in a Zoom interview during Bernama TV's ‘Ruang Bicara’ programme last night.

Also interviewed were Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate for the Tanjung Bidara seat Mas Ermieyati Samsudin and Pakatan Harapan candidate for Pantai Kundor, Nor Azman Hasan.

Norhizam, who previously gave himself the nickname "Hulk", also hoped that the Independent candidates who are elected, if they want to form the government by joining a certain coalition, will be elected representatives with integrity and can serve the people.

The state election sees 112 candidates, including 22 independents, vying for 28 seats. The big players - BN, PN and Harapan - are contesting all 28 seats while Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra) is contesting five and Parti Perikatan India Muslim Nasional (Iman) one.

Meanwhile, Mas Ermieyati when asked about speculation that she is the candidate for chief minister if PN succeeds in forming the government in Malacca, described it as just social media talk.

"I am contesting only because I want to contribute a seat for PN, nothing more than that," she said.

Yesterday, PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin had said that the coalition's chief minister candidate would be named before polling day.

He said the candidate would be from Bersatu.

- Bernama