PETALING JAYA: Former Umno leader Noh Omar has now denied he will be standing in the impending Selangor elections on a Perikatan Nasional ticket, days after he was reported to have confirmed that he would be a candidate.
Noh said only the respective party leaders could decide on the candidates.
“As I am still without a party, it is incorrect to say that I will be standing as a candidate in the coming polls,” he said in a video which was uploaded on social media.
Earlier today, FMT reported political observers dismissing Noh’s ability to significantly contribute to PN in the state elections.
On Sunday, the former Selangor Umno chief was quoted by Berita Harian as saying that he would contest a state seat as a PN candidate.
He said that as someone who is “married to politics” he did not want to be a mere bystander in the state assembly elections expected to be held after June.
Harian Metro reported Noh – who was sacked from Umno in January – as saying that he wanted to make Tanjong Karang a PN stronghold. “This will be my cause,” he was quoted as saying.
After his expulsion from Umno for allegedly having sabotaged the party in the November 2022 general election, Noh had said he would become an “independent speaker” and was willing to speak at PN events if invited.
Noh was MP for Tanjong Karang for six terms before being dropped as a candidate in the general election. - FMT
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