PPBM to contest 10 parliamentary, 18 state seats in Johor

The full list of candidates, which includes four women, two youth and seven former Umno veterans, will be announced on April 19.

JOHOR BAHRU: PPBM has confirmed that it will contest 10 parliamentary and 18 state seats in Johor in the coming election.

PPBM secretary Osman Sapian said the full list of candidates was expected to be announced by the party’s chairman, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, at Pagoh on April 19.

“The names are there but there is a small problem. I can say that (the list) is 99% ready, but we agreed in the meeting just now not to announce it tonight.

“I can say that there are four women candidates, two youth candidates and seven former Umno veterans, while the rest are new faces,” he told reporters after chairing the Johor PPBM special meeting here yesterday.

According to Osman, the state seats that the party will contest are Machap, Sri Medan, Bukit Pasir, Benut, Kempas, Kahang, Semarang, Bukit Kepong, Tanjung Puteri, Gambir, Parit Raja, Buloh Kasap, Permas, Bukit Permai, Puteri Wangsa, Tenang, Panti and Endau.

However, he did not mention parliamentary seats.

So far, Mahathir has announced Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman as the candidate for Pakatan Harapan and PPBM in the Muar parliamentary seat.

This is the second time that PPBM has postponed the announcement of candidates for state seats. - FMT