Umno garnering support via school teachers

By Bernama

PASIR PUTEH, Sept 4 — The Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee’s move to win the people’s support for the Barisan Nasional (BN) through teachers seems to be paying off.

District-level gatherings for teachers are seeing a good turnout, between 500 and 600 teachers at each session beginning with Tumpat, then Bachok and now Pasir Puteh, said its chairman, Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

“This is a good sign for a change in the political scenario in Kelantan,” he said when addressing one such gathering organised by the Pasir Puteh district education department at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tok Janggut here last night.

More than 500 teachers attended the gathering where Kelantan Education Director Hussain Awang was also present.

Mustapa, who is international trade and industry minister, said teachers had a major influence on the people and could draw their support for the BN in both the urban and rural areas.