PKR confirms Napsiah for Kempas, not ceding Larkin to Muda

 

JOHOR POLLS | PKR has confirmed that Johor women’s chief Napsiah Khamis will be contesting in the state seat of Kempas during its unveiling of the party's candidates for southern Johor today.

Napsiah (above) had gone on a public offensive after Amanah surrendered the Puteri Wangsa seat to Muda.

PKR had said it respected Amanah being allocated the seat that was deemed winnable but was surprised that they later surrendered it to Muda.

Napsiah had wanted to contest the seat as she had done groundwork there.

However, she will now have to settle for Kempas, whose incumbent is the late Osman Sapian who served as the menteri besar from 2018 until 2019.

Notably, PKR also announced Zamil Najwah Arbain for Larkin, which was sought after by Muda, indicating a breakdown in negotiations.

Zamil Najwah Arbain is the candidate for Larkin

PKR had said no progress had been made even at the eleventh hour last night and indicated that the final outcome will be known when the candidates are announced.

Johor PKR deputy chief Jimmy Puah followed through with his promise not to defend the Bukit Batu seat as he plans to contest a Parliament seat in the next general election.

He is being replaced by Chiong Sen Sern.

Puah told Malaysiakini that the candidate for the state seat of Layang-Layang, where former education minister Maszlee Malik is expected to contest, will be announced alongside PKR's central Johor candidates later today.

He added that the candidates for the Tanjung Surat and Johor Lama seats will be unveiled at a later date, due to technical issues.

The five PKR candidates for the southern region are:

• Zamil Najwah Arbain (Larkin)

• Chiong Sen Sern (Bukit Batu)

• SS Gopalakrishnan (Tiram)

• Mohd Fakharuddin Moslim (Pasir Raja)

• Napsiah Khamis (Kempas)

PKR will announce the remaining 15 candidates at two separate events later today.

At 6pm, the party will unveil its candidates for central Johor, followed by another announcement at 9.30pm where the remaining candidates for northern Johor will be introduced.

[More to follow] - Mkini