KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the PKR candidate for the Sungai Kandis by-election this Saturday stood a very good chance of retaining the seat for Pakatan Harapan.
The Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman said that based on the results of the 14th general election, the incumbent, the late Mat Shuhaimi Shafiei (from PKR) won by a bigger majority in retaining the state seat for his third term.
“I think we have a good chance, we won by a good majority before,” he told reporters after chairing the PH Presidential Council meeting here today.
The by-election was called following the death of Mat Shuhaimi, 50, of lymphoma on July 2.
In GE14, Mat Shuhaimi, former political secretary to former Selangor mentri besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, polled 23,998 votes to defeat Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Kamaruzzaman Johari (11,518 votes); PAS’ Mohd Yusof Abdullah (7,573) and Parti Rakyat Malaysia’s (PRM) Hanafiah Husin (76).
In this by-election, PKR is fielding Maahad Tahfiz Al Fateh principal Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni, 48, who is up against Datuk Lokman Noor Adam (BN) and Independent candidate K. Murthy.
Dr Mahathir also said that the council was informed about the death of Seri Setia assemblyman Shaharuddin Badaruddin, 55.
Shaharudin, who was also a Selangor state executive councillor, died at the Putrajaya Hospital at 6.28pm today.
He is the third Selangor assemblyman to have passed away since the general election in May, forcing three by-elections in the state.
The other assemblyman who died was Ng Tien Chee (Balakong).
Ng, 40, (from DAP) was killed in a road accident on the Grand Saga Expressway as he drove from Kuala Lumpur to Kajang on July 20. -— Bernama
Kit Siang urges Sg Kandis voters to back PKR candidate Zawawi
SHAH ALAM— Veteran politician DAP’s Lim Kit Siang today called on all voters in the Sungai Kandis by-election including from PAS and Umno to support PKR candidate Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni this Saturday.
He said that victory or defeat by any of the candidates would have no bearing on the state government but if the state seat remained with PKR, it would reinforce efforts by Pakatan Harapan to cleanse corruption.
“In the 14th general election, they (Umno voters) did not believe that the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal was true, we did not think it was that bad, but now we know it is worse than expected.
“With the unravelling of the scandal, at least it will open their eyes to support the PKR candidate,” said at a rally to help Mohd Zawawi’s campaign at a restaurant here today.
Lim said DAP was fully behind Mohd Zawawi to win in the by-election with a bigger majority, and if this was achieved, it would send a clear signal to Umno that they still believed in and had confidence in PH’s leadership to bring about positive change in the country.
Mohd Zawawi is up against Datuk Lokman Noor Adam (BN-Umno) and Independent candidate K. Murthy. — Bernama
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