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PAS won’t ‘import’ candidate for Kuala T’ganu by-election: Samsuri

MB says incumbent still on party’s list ‘for now’

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 18 Jul 2023 5:26PM

PAS won’t ‘import’ candidate for Kuala T’ganu by-election: Samsuri
PAS will not be fielding an ‘imported’ candidate in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election, says its vice-president Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar. – Bernama pic, July 18, 2023

MARANG – PAS will not be fielding an “imported” candidate in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election, said its vice-president Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar. 

The caretaker Terengganu menteri besar said that the matter has not been finalised yet.

As such, he did not rule out the possibility that the decision could change.

“There are many candidates at the moment; we are still refining the matter. 

“The incumbent, Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim, is on the list for now...we will decide in a day or two,” he said at the groundbreaking for Yayasan Terengganu’s Sekolah Menengah Imtiaz complex here today.

The Election Commission has set the polling for Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election to be held simultaneously with the six state polls on August 12.

On June 27, the Terengganu election court nullified Amzad’s victory in Kuala Terengganu during the 15th general election on November 19 after finding that the petitioner, Datuk Mohd Zubir Embong of Barisan Nasional, had succeeded in proving that corruption had taken place with the aim of influencing voters in the election for the seat.

On July 8, PAS decided that it will not appeal against the court’s decision. – Bernama, July 18, 2023

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