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Pakatan seat deal for Kelantan polls better than Bersatu’s: Khalid

State Amanah chief says the latter ‘marginalised’ by PAS

Updated 2 years ago · Published on 24 Jun 2023 6:37PM

Pakatan seat deal for Kelantan polls better than Bersatu’s: Khalid
Kelantan Amanah chief Khalid Abdul Samad says that Barisan Nasional will lead the charge in the state’s coming polls. – SYEDA IMRAN/The Vibes file pic, June 24, 2023

KOTA BARU – Pakatan Harapan (PH) has been allocated a reasonable number of seats to contest in the coming Kelantan election, said state Amanah chief Khalid Abdul Samad.

Without disclosing the number of seats PH obtained following talks with Barisan Nasional (BN), he said PH got a better deal compared to what Bersatu was given by Perikatan Nasional (PN) in Kelantan.

“We were not marginalised like how Bersatu was treated by PAS. In Kelantan, we admit that BN will be leading based on the results of the last elections,” he told reporters at the Kelantan Amanah office here today.

Kelantan Umno information chief Datuk Zawawi Othman had been reported as saying earlier that BN would contest in 31 seats and PH in 14.

Kelantan PAS secretary Wan Roslan Wan Hamat had confirmed that his party would contest in 39 seats and Bersatu in six. 

Khalid, who is also Amanah communications director, said the party is aiming to win three or four seats in Kelantan.

However, he did not name the seats.

“Seat distribution at the state level has been completed and is just awaiting a decision from the central leadership,” he said.

The Kelantan assembly, which has 45 seats, was dissolved last Wednesday to pave the way for state elections, which are expected to be held simultaneously with state polls in Terengganu, Kedah, Penang, Selangor, and Negri Sembilan. – Bernama, June 24, 2023

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