JOHOR BARU: Newly-formed Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) plans to contest as much as 5 seats in its electoral debut in the approaching Johor state election.

The social gathering’s Johor chief Steven Choong mentioned it was eyeing seats in the north, central and southern zones of the state.

He mentioned PBM, as a multiracial social gathering, was providing itself as a substitute in the political panorama.

“We are focused on resetting the country,” the Tebrau MP mentioned.

Choong, who received the Tebrau seat as a PKR candidate, mentioned PBM candidates wouldn’t be “parachuted” in.

“We (will) find Johoreans who live within an hour from where they are contesting. I believe that people will vote for candidates who are hardworking,” he mentioned, including that candidates had been proposed to the social gathering’s leaders.

Asked if he was amongst these shortlisted to contest, Choong, who’s PBM senior vice-president 1, mentioned he would depart it to the social gathering to determine.

“It is going to be a crowded election this time and I foresee multi-cornered fights.

“In GE14, Puteri Wangsa was the seat with the most number of candidates at five.

“This time, I am sure we may even surpass that number with so many political parties in the mix,” he added.

Asked about postal voters, particularly these in Singapore, he mentioned the Election Commission ought to enable for a marketing campaign interval of greater than two weeks in order that ballots may attain voters there and be again in time for polling day.

Besides PBM, different events poised to make their election debut in Johor embody Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda), Parti Pejuang Tanah Air and Johor Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra).