JOHOR BARU – The 18 Johor assembly seats contested by Bersatu in the 14th General Election (GE14) will be divided by consensus among the three parties in Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the next election.
Johor PH chairman Aminolhuda Hassan said a committee on the distribution of seats among Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah), DAP and PKR has already been formed at the state level to discuss the issue.
“The distribution of 56 assembly seats in Johor is still being discussed at the state level. The seats contested by Bersatu at GE14 are presumed to have been ‘vacated’.
“That is why the 18 seats can be contested by any Johor PH component party, just that the decision on the contesting party will be decided through discussion first,” he said when met by reporters at his Johor Amanah office here today.
Also present was Amanah deputy president Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub, Johor DAP secretary Tan Hong Ping, and Johor PKR deputy chairman Jimmy Puah Wee Tse.
Bersatu currently has 12 seats in Johor.
Meanwhile, Salahuddin hopes Johor PH will be able to resolve the seat distribution issue as soon as possible, just like how it did for GE14.
“Johor should be an example, because PH is strong in this state. Johor PH proved this in GE14, where it became the first state to successfully decide on seat distribution by consensus,” he said. – Bernama, March 21, 2021
