JOHOR BARU: Perikatan Nasional will finalise and announce its list of candidates for the Johor polls by next week.
Its Johor election director Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin mentioned the seat allocation for Perikatan’s part events have been additionally obtainable however would solely be finalised in a gathering Friday (Feb 11) evening.
“We will probably be contesting in all 56 seats within the state so there will probably be 56 candidates – the list will probably be introduced after we hear again from the related businesses such because the police and Inland Revenue Board about issues like their prison file.
“There are certain to be some final minute adjustments the place this particular person needs to go (contest) there and that particular person needs right here.
“All that will probably be finalised tonight,” he instructed reporters after launching and handing out Prihatin assist bins to the needy at Bandar Baru Uda right here on Friday (Feb 11).
He added that there have been two to three candidates proposed for every seat and it could be determined by Perikatan’s prime management.
When requested whether or not PAS was sad with the seat allocations, the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia secretary-general disregarded the rumours, saying: “Rumours are unfold by those that solely know the way to unfold rumours.”
Earlier on the occasion attended by tons of of supporters, he mentioned Perikatan ought to cease questioning who or why the Johor State Assembly was dissolved as they need to begin taking a look at methods to win the state polls.
“What we have now to concentrate on now could be how to get energy again to Perikatan,” he mentioned.
Johor will go to the polls on March 12, with the nomination day set on Feb 26 and early voting on March 8.
