Tebrau PKR grassroots want party to contest Tiram

 Division chief M Prakash says members believe the constituency has been developed through years of sustained efforts by PKR and its machinery.

Tebrau PKR recently held a meeting with its members and grassroots supporters. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA:

Tebrau PKR says grassroots members want the party to contest the Tiram state seat in Johor, a position that has been conveyed to the division leadership.

In a statement, division chief M Prakash said the matter was discussed at a recent meeting with members and grassroots supporters.

“The message from grassroots members was clear: they want PKR to continue contesting the Tiram state seat, strengthen the party machinery, and ensure that members’ voices are always taken into account in decisions involving the party’s future,” he said.

Prakash also said division members believed the constituency was developed through years of sustained efforts by PKR members and its machinery, and that the party enjoyed strong support there.

Tiram is one of the state constituencies within the PKR-held Tebrau parliamentary constituency. The other state constituency is Puteri Wangsa, which was won by Muda.

In the 2022 state election, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Azizul Bachok won the Tiram seat with a majority of 5,281 votes over six other candidates, including Pakatan Harapan’s S Gopalakrishnan of PKR.

In the 2018 state polls, Gopalakrishnan won Tiram with a 8,098 vote majority against BN candidate Maulizan Bujang and Azman Atmin of Gagasan Sejahtera, which also included PAS.

Maulizan held the Tiram seat for three consecutive terms before 2018.

Tiram is also the seat that Johor DAP allegedly offered to Marina Ibrahim, the incumbent Skudai assemblyman, according to a letter that circulated on social media.

The offer was made during a discussion between Johor DAP chief Teo Nie Ching and Marina on May 17, according to the letter which was addressed to Teo from Marina.

The letter surfaced following Marina’s announcement that she would not defend her seat in the Johor polls and would step away from politics after serving as an elected representative for more than four years.

On Saturday, PH secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said seat negotiations among component parties had been finalised for the Johor polls. - FMT