SHAH ALAM – PKR vice-president Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari today denied a viral list of candidates for the Selangor state assembly, describing it as a move to lobby ahead of the state polls next month.
He said Selangor PKR’s list of candidates will only be finalised in the PKR candidate committee meeting on July 16 and 17.
“I do not know how these people knew of the list of candidates, as each candidate selected has to be endorsed by the committee, which will only be meeting on July 16 and 17.
“This is mere lobbying, which happens when an election approaches, but I emphatically deny the viral list,” he said.
He made the remarks after officiating the BizClub networking programme, BizMatch Mega 2.0 at Dewan Raja Muda Musa here today.
When asked about the number of seats that PKR Selangor will contest in this state election, Amirudin was tight-lipped and left it to the party’s top leaders to announce the matter.
“I’m not in the position to reveal (the list of seats)...the seats (of other parties) can only be revealed by the central leadership.
“Although I’m the vice-president, I’m not in a position to explain. Maybe (PKR deputy president) Rafizi Ramli or (PKR president) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim can tell where the seats are,” he said.
Amirudin, who is also Selangor Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman, earlier said that the division of seats between PH and BN has been completed with more than 20% of the 56 state assembly seats to be represented by BN while the rest will be contested by PH candidates consisting of PKR, DAP and Amanah parties.
In GE14, PH dominated Selangor by winning 51 seats, followed by BN and PAS with four and one seat respectively.
The Election Commission has set the state election in Selangor, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Terengganu and Negri Sembilan to be held simultaneously with August 12 as voting day while the candidate nomination day is July 29 and early voting is on August 8. – Bernama, July 13, 2023
