DAY 12 | It’s Day 12 of campaigning for the six state elections.
Malaysiakini reports live from the ground.
Kelantan PAS’ pledge to upgrade airport ‘half-baked’ - Rafizi
10.45am: Klang, Selangor - Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli says PAS Kelantan's offer to upgrade Pengkalan Chepa Sultan Ismail Petra Airport to an international airport if Perikatan Nasional remains in charge of the state after the state election this Saturday is something half-baked.
Bernama reports Rafizi as saying at a Madani ceramah in Sementa last night that the matter of upgrading an airport to an international airport is under the jurisdiction of the federal government, not something that can be promised by a party or state government.
"We have to understand that the matter of opening (the airport), of granting landing rights, of upgrading it to become an international or regional airport, all of that is under the jurisdiction of the federal government."
Rafizi believes the promise was made to attract support in conjunction with the state election and in the end, would be used as an excuse to blame the federal government if the matter could not be implemented by the PAS government if they continued to govern Kelantan in the future.
Amirudin confident Harapan-BN can get two-thirds majority in S’gor
9.20am: Sekinchan, Selangor – Caretaker Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari is confident that the Pakatan Harapan-BN alliance can win by a two-thirds majority and go on to form the state government after the state polls.
Bernama reports him as saying at a ceramah in Taman Sekinchan Damai last night that the alliance can win at least 38-40 seats from the total of 56 state legislative assembly seats contested, with BN seen as capable of winning more than six constituencies.
Before the state assembly dissolution, Harapan held 40 seats (PKR-19, DAP-15, Amanah-six), BN (five), Bersatu (four), Parti Bangsa Malaysia (two) while PAS, Pejuang and Warisan had one seat each. The one other seat was held by an independent.
Noh: I will ‘rotan’ my daughter if she doesn't do her job
8.45am: Permatang, Selangor – Former Umno Selangor chief Noh Omar is urging voters to support her daughter Nurul Syazwani.
Nurul Syazwani is the Perikatan Nasional candidate for Permatang, who will face PKR’s Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri.
Speaking at a ceramah last night, Noh said if Tanjong Karang voters pity him or want him to pay back his debt, then they should vote for his daughter.
"If Nurul wins in the election but doesn't do her job, I will ‘rotan’ (cane) her, just like when she was a kid," the former Tanjong Karang MP said.
PN spotlights Sekinchan Umno leader’s past controversies
8am: Sekinchan, Selangor - In an apparent bid to instigate protest votes against the Pakatan Harapan-BN coalition, a Perikatan Nasional poster in Sekinchan puts a spotlight on the controversial local Umno division chief Jamal Yunos.
Through wordplay, the poster carries a Chinese text that reads, “A vote for PN is a vote against Jamal; a vote for Harapan is a gift to Jamal.”
The transliterated text meant to represent the syllable “mal” in Jamal’s name is substituted with a picture of an effigy of a horse’s head, in place of the Chinese word for horse (马 má).
The text is also placed over a picture of protestors in red shirts standing outside the iconic gateway to Petaling Street.
On Sept 16, 2015, Jamal led a group of 45,000 protestors in Kuala Lumpur to “defend Malay dignity”. Some 800 of them attempted to barge into the Chinese-dominated Petaling Street but were stopped by police. - Mkini
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