Rais Yatim will be the latest political veteran to hit the general election campaign trail for Pakatan Harapan after Umno moved to take action against him for comments that were sympathetic to the opposition.
According to Rais’s schedule, which was sighted by Malaysiakini, the former minister will make an appearance in the small town of Batu Kikir in Jempol, Negeri Sembilan tomorrow night.
Rais is expected to campaign for Bersatu’s Jempol candidate Kamarulzaman Kamdias.
Local Bersatu campaigners in Jempol, when contacted, confirmed they had been informed that Rais will be making an appearance there.
Earlier today, Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor announced that Rais and two other former ministers Rafidah Aziz and Daim Zainuddin had been sacked from Umno.
However, Tengku Adnan later clarified that Rais was only “under investigation” and had not been expelled.
Both Rafidah and Daim have been campaigning for Pakatan Harapan in the last few days.
Rais had not campaigned for Harapan on the ground, but had taken to Twitter to share pictures of large Pakatan Harapan rallies and urged Umno to embrace change.
Earlier, Rais had said Umno’s action against him would allow him to air his views on a “wider platform“.
“I would definitely lend support to any entity that goes along those lines for a reasonable future for Malaysia.
“I will go on the ceramah (circuit) in these few days, wherever I can be, I would lend support to these kinds of disposition,” he said.
MKINI
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