Muhyiddin wants BN to win by-elections with bigger majority

(Bernama) – TEMERLOH: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today the Barisan Nasional (BN) can retain the Kerdau and Merlimau state seats in the by-elections on March 6, but he wants the coalition to win with a bigger majority of votes.

He also said that the BN election machinery should not underestimate the capability of the opposition in the two by-elections.

PAS is taking on the BN in straight fights in the two by-elections. In Kerdau, Kuala Krau Umno Division vice-head Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad, 44, of the BN is facing Pahang PAS information chief Hassanuddin Salim, 43, and in Merlimau, Jasin Umno Division committee member Roslan Ahmad, 44, is squaring off with Melaka PAS Youth deputy chief Yuhaizad Abdullah, 38.

“It is the desire of the leadership, especially our prime minister (Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak), that we garner a bigger majority. However, we must not take it easy. We regard this as a big challenge.

“We must work very hard to achieve the desired victory,” Muhyiddin told reporters after the nomination for the Kerdau seat at the Tun Razak Hall of the Temerloh Municipal Council, here.