KUALA LUMPUR – Perikatan Nasional (PN) will not allow problematic individuals to stand as its candidates in the coming 15th general election (GE15), said its secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.
He said PN would check the backgrounds of all potential candidates to ensure they have no criminal records and do not face any legal action.
“We want our candidates to be clean and we have a few names to be submitted to the relevant agencies, like the Inland Revenue Board, to check their backgrounds,” said the caretaker home minister when met by reporters after opening the National Forensic Science Symposium for Law Enforcement at the Royal Malaysia Police College in Cheras.
Yesterday, caretaker prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Barisan Nasional candidates for GE15 would have to undergo screening, including with the Religious Affairs Department, before being allowed to contest.
The prime minister, who is also Umno vice-president, said the screening with the Religious Affairs Department, which will be done for the first time, was also to ensure the candidates concerned are not involved in shariah cases, like claims for alimony. – Bernama, October 26, 2022
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