[UPDATED] GE15: Khalid Samad makes move to Titiwangsa

KUALA LUMPUR – Amanah communications chief Khalid Samad will not be defending Shah Alam, but will fight for the Titiwangsa parliamentary seat in the 15th general election (GE15).

This will see him face off possibly with Umno’s Datuk Seri Johari Ghani and Pejuang’s Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan, while incumbent Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun is unlikely to defend the Malay-majority seat.

Meanwhile, former Melaka chief minister Adly Zahari is set to run for the Alor Gajah parliamentary constituency, confirming earlier reports by The Vibes.

Five Amanah leaders will be defending their seats – president Mohamad Sabu in Kota Raja, deputy president Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub in Pulai, vice-president Datuk Mahfuz Omar in Pokok Sena, strategy director Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad for Kuala Selangor and Datuk Seri Mujahid Yusof Rawa in Parit Buntar.

Meanwhile, Amanah supreme council member Mohamed Hanipa Maidin will not defend his Sepang seat, making way for PH women’s chief Raj Munni Sabu @ Aiman Athirah Al-Jundi.

Also dropped are Datuk Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir, Datuk Hasanuddin Mohd Yunus, and Datuk Hasan Bahrom of the Temerloh, Hulu Langat, and Tampin seats, respectively.

The Temerloh seat will be contested by Amanah Youth chief Mohd Hasbie Muda while the Selangor assemblyman for Taman Templer, Mohd Sany Hamzan, will run in Hulu Langat.

As for the Tampin seat in Negri Sembilan, Muhd Faiz Fadzil, who is a Penang state assemblyman, is set to contest.

This was announced by Salahuddin at a press conference here today.

He also told reporters that Amanah will contest in 54 seats for GE15, 19 more than the 2018 general election. Of the 54 candidates fielded, seven (13%) are women.

“Two or three other women candidates were proposed, but after negotiations with Pakatan Harapan component parties, we could not field them in the end,” said Khalid.

Notable women candidates fielded by Amanah include former MACC deputy commissioner Latipah Md Yatim, who will contest in Kedah’s Sik parliamentary seat.

Latipah, who once headed the anti-graft agency’s integrity division, is likely to take on Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor of PAS, who is the incumbent of the rural constituency.

Besides that, Nik Faizah Nik Othman, who was ostensibly behind the “white flag” campaign during the Covid-19 lockdowns, will run for the Pengkalan Chepa seat in Kelantan, where PAS’ Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary is the incumbent.

The white flag campaign was launched in the middle of last year urging Malaysians facing dire straits to raise white flags outside their houses so neighbours and community members could come to their assistance.

In 2018, Nik Faizah ran for the Kelaboran state seat in Kelantan but lost her deposit after garnering a mere 1,970 votes out of the 28,498 total votes. – The Vibes, October 30, 2022

Amanah’s list of parliamentary candidates 

Perlis

P001 Padang Besar – Mohamad Saad @ Yahya

Kedah

P004 Langkawi – Zabidi Yahya

P007 Padang Terap – Muaz Abdullah

P008 Pokok Sena – Datuk Mahfuz Omar

P013 Sik – Latipah Md Yatim

P016 Baling – Johari Abdullah

Kelantan

P019 Tumpat – Wan Mohd Johari Wan Omar

P020 Pengkalan Chepa – Nik Faizah Nik Othman

P021 Kota Bharu – Hafidzah Mustakim

P023 Rantau Panjang – Wan Shah Jihan Wan Din

P024 Kubang Kerian – Wan Ahmad Kamil Wan Abdullah

P028 Pasir Puteh – Muhammad Husain

P030 Jeli – Md Radzi Wahab

P031 Kuala Krai – Mohd Hisyamuddin Ghazali

Terengganu

P033 Besut – Abd Rahman @ Abd Aziz Hj Abas

P035 Kuala Nerus – Suhaimi Hashim

P036 Kuala Terengganu – Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah

P037 Marang – Azhar Ab Shukur

Penang

P042 Tasek Gelugor – Nik Abdul Razak Nik Md Ridzuan

Perak

P056 Larut – Zolkharnain Abidin

P057 Pasir Buntar – Datuk Seri Mujahid Yusuf

P059 Bukit Gantang – Fakharuldin Mohd Hashim

P067 Kuala Kangsar – Ahmad Termizi Ramli

P069 Parit – Nurthaqaffah Nordin

P074 Lumut – Mohd Hatta Md Ramli

Pahang

P086 Maran – Ahmad Shuhor Awang

P087 Kuala Krau – Juhari Osman

P088 Temerloh – Mohd Hasbie Muda

Selangor

P084 Paya Besar – Ahmad Azam Mohamad Salleh

P092 Sabak Bernam – Shamsul Ma'arif Ismail

P096 Kuala Selangor – Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad

P101 Hulu Langat – Mohd Sany Hamzan

P108 Shah Alam – Azli Yusof

P111 Kota Raja – Mohamad Sabu

P113 Sepang – Raj Munni Sabu @ Aiman Athirah

Negri Sembilan

P126 Jelebu – Zulkefly Mohamad Omar

P127 Jempol – Norwani Ahmat

P133 Tampin – Muhammad Faiz Fadzil

Melaka

P135 Alor Gajah – Adly Zahari

P139 Jasin – Harun Mohamed

Johor

P147 Parit Sulong – Mohd Faizal Dolah

P149 Sri Gading – Aminolhuda Hassan

P156 Kota Tinggi – Onn Jaafar

P157 Pengerang – Datuk Che Zakaria Mohd Salleh

P161 Pulai – Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub

Federal Territories

P119 Titiwangsa – Khalid Abd Samad

P166 Labuan – Dr Ramli Tahir

Sabah

P178 Sipitang – Lahirul Latigu

Sarawak

P193 Santubong – Mohamad Zen Peli

P197 Kota Samarahan – Abg Abdul Halil Abg Naili

P200 Batang Sadong – Lahaji Lahiya

P201 Batang Lupar – Wel @ Maxwel Ak Rojis

P206 Tg Manis – Zainab Suhaili

P207 Igan – Andri Zulkarnaen Hamden