PAS accepts defeat, will not appeal election court’s ruling for Kuala T’ganu seat

KUALA TERENGGANU – PAS will not appeal the election petition decision for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat.

This was announced by lawyer Wan Rohimi Wan Daud, who represented Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim, the PAS candidate for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat, in the last general election.

According to him, PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang confirmed the decision at the PAS central meeting currently taking place at a hotel here.

“PAS is ready to hold the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election simultaneously with the state election, which will be held on August 12,” he said via WhatsApp today.

On June 27, the Terengganu election court nullified the victory of Amzad, who represented PAS at the 15th general election (GE15), following allegations of vote-buying.

Judge Datuk Seri Mohd Firuz Jaffril said the petitioner, Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Mohd Zubir Embong, succeeded in proving that corruption had taken place, intending to influence voters in GE15.

On January 3 this year, the state Umno filed a petition at the Kuala Terengganu High Court to annul the GE15 results for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat in accordance with the Election Offences Act 1954.

According to state Umno chief Ahmad Said, among the points raised in the petition were allegations that PAS had bribed voters by distributing financial aid from the state government through the i-Pencen, i-Belia and i-Siswa initiatives between November 15 and 17, 2022, which was just a few days before GE15.

Amzad won the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat in GE15 with a majority of 40,907 votes, defeating three other challengers, including Zubir. – Bernama pic, July 8, 2023