PAPAR – Warisan has yet to finalise any of the parliamentary seats it will contest in the Peninsula in the 15th general election (GE15).
Its president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said that there are Warisan leaders and members who have expressed their desire to contest in certain parliamentary seats in the peninsula, including Kedah and Perlis, but Warisan sees it as a proposal at this point.
“That is not final yet, they are proposing...when the time comes we will appoint a coordinator to determine the available seats and candidates, (and) we will screen the candidates.
“It is the president who decides which seat we will contest and who will be the candidate,” he said when met by reporters after launching the Papar Warisan GE15 machinery here today.
Today, Kedah Warisan chairman Datuk Fadzil Hanafi said the party has identified five parliamentary seats in the state that it will contest in – namely Alor Star, Pokok Sena, Sg Petani, Merbok, and Padang Serai. The names will be sent to Shafie.
On Thursday, Shafie was reported saying that Warisan is likely to contest all 25 parliamentary seats in Sabah and one seat in Labuan.
Meanwhile, when launching the Kimanis Parliamentary Warisan GE15 machinery today, he announced Bongawan assemblyman Daud Yusof as the party’s candidate for Kimanis Parliament seat.
“We pray that we will win the election this time,” said Shafie when speaking at the event.
Daud, 61, who is a Bongawan assemblyman for two terms and is the second candidate announced by Warisan for GE15, and yesterday Sipitang Warisan division treasurer Datuk Adnan Puteh was announced as a candidate for the Sipitang {arliament seat.
Datuk Mohamad Alamin is the incumbent of the Kimanis parliamentary seat which he won in the Kimanis parliamentary by-election in January 2020, defeating the Warisan candidate Karim Bujang with a majority of 2,029 votes. – Bernama, October 15, 2022
