The MP's revelation comes in the wake of DAP's announcement to go for the seat in GE14.
PETALING JAYA: PSM’s Dr Michael Jeyakumar has revealed that PKR had asked him to defend his seat under its ticket in the coming general election.
This revelation comes hours after DAP said they were also eyeing the seat.
The two-term MP told FMT that PKR had approached him with the offer a “few months ago”.
But Jeyakumar is far from happy with the offer, saying that Pakatan Harapan, which includes PKR and DAP as members, had shown little respect for his party.
“PSM has very little room to manoeuvre,” he said when contacted.
He said the ball was now in the opposition coalition’s court, saying that only PH could defuse the current bind the opposition is in, in regards to the parliamentary seat in Perak.
He said fielding a PH candidate would also split the opposition vote and gift the Sungai Siput seat back to BN.
Earlier today, Malaysiakini quoted Perak DAP chief Nga Kor Ming as saying that DAP would be fielding a candidate to contest in the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat.
“In view of PSM’s unilateral decision to contest in DAP-held seats, PH will contest in Sungai Siput.
“This is to allow the wise Sungai Siput voters to choose a coalition capable of replacing Umno and BN,” he was quoted as saying by the news portal.
Jeyakumar had defeated MIC deputy minister SK Devamany in the 2013 general election with a slim majority of 2,793 votes.
He had also defeated former MIC president Samy Vellu in 2008.
The medical doctor went on to point out that PSM was never given a chance by the opposition to prove its worth, adding that they were never invited to take part in discussions when the opposition was mulling the formation of a new coalition.
“This is the problem.”
PH was formed in 2015, after the demise of Pakatan Rakyat, caused by the falling out between DAP and PAS over implementing hudud. -FMT
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