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Tengku Zafrul among Umno’s S’gor candidates in GE15?

Party chief Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says ‘heavyweights’ will be fielded as election strategy

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 03 Jul 2022 5:22PM

Tengku Zafrul among Umno’s S’gor candidates in GE15?
There has been talk that Tengku Zafrul will contest for the Kuala Selangor parliamentary seat as he is often seen going to the constituency. – Bernama pic, July 3, 2022

SABAK BERNAM – Umno will identify the Barisan Nasional (BN) “heavyweight” candidates, including those in the cabinet, who will contest in Selangor in the 15th general election (GE15), said its president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

He said that fielding the “heavyweights” would be one of the party’s strategies for GE15 in Selangor.

“We are confident that it is a right criteria. We will identify the candidates,” he said after attending a gathering with youth, Santai Mesra NGO Anak Muda Geng 18, here today.

Earlier, Selangor Umno liaison committee chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar said he welcomed heavyweight candidates or those in the cabinet to contest for parliamentary seats in Selangor, naming Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz as one of them.

Noh described Tengku Zafrul as one of the young figures who had the potential to be highlighted and made an icon in the state.

There has been talk that Tengku Zafrul will contest for the Kuala Selangor parliamentary seat as he is often seen going to the constituency. – Bernama, July 3, 2022

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