BN gives Umno Gua Musang rep nod for Galas - Abdul Aziz Yusof as candidate

GUA MUSANG, Oct 24 — Umno Gua Musang secretary Abdul Aziz Yusof will be the Barisan Nasional (BN) representative for the November 4 Galas by-election, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today.

When making the announcement, Muhyiddin noted that Aziz was a youthful candidate with a record of service with Kesedar, the South Kelantan development agency.

He added that Aziz has relinquished his position at Kesedar because he has chosen to run as the BN candidate for the Galas by-election.

“He is a local, a Gua Musang man and still young,” he said while speaking at Umno’s Gua Musang division at Bukit Chekati.

The was being called following the death of PAS’s Che Hashim Sulaima from cancer on September 27.

Pakatan Rakyat component party PAS had three days ago selected its acting chief for the area, Dr Zulkefli Mohamad, to fly its colours in the country’s thirteenth by-election since Election 2008.

Nomination was slated for October 26. Both nomination and voting days are the same as for the Batu Sapi by-election in Sabah.

According to the Election Commission’s figures, there are 11,553 registered voters in the locale. Of this, 7,125 were Malay; 2,317 Chinese; 1,889 Orang Asli; 185 Indian; and 10 Siamese. MORE TO COME. - Malaysian Insider