KUALA LUMPUR – Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) has to win the 15th general election (GE15) before naming its prime ministerial candidate.
GTA pro-tem chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the matter was not a party priority for now.
“We don’t have a prime ministerial candidate. What’s the use of having one?
“If we lose, what are we going to do with the candidate? He won’t even be prime minister. Let’s wait till we win.
“At that time, (if we win) everyone who wins has a right to pick who will be prime minister,” he said during his campaign rounds with GTA candidate for Ampang, Dr Nurul Ashikin Mabahwi in a programme at Seri Nilam Apartments here last night.
His wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali and Shah Alam GTA candidate Rafique Rashid Ali were present for the event.
Dr Mahathir, who is also Pejuang chairman, said GTA aims to win more than 112 seats to be able to form the government.
“This is our goal because according to the law, to form the government, you need to have more than 50% of seats in the Dewan Rakyat,” he said.
GTA, a coalition of four political parties, Pejuang, Putra, Berjasa, and Iman along with a coalition of non-governmental organisations that form Gagasan Bangsa, is contesting 121 parliamentary seats.
GTA candidates will be contesting under the Pejuang logo in GE15, with the exception of Kelantan, where they will be using the Putra logo. – Bernama, November 16, 2022
