GE13: Zin: BN ready to take back Selangor from ‘caretaker govt’

(The Star) – The current Selangor Government is just a “caretaker government” and the Barisan Nasional is ready to take it back, said state Barisan co-ordinator Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed.

With its election machinery in place at all parliamentary and state constituencies, he said the Barisan was confident of wresting the state back from the PKR-led government.

“The feedback from the people showed that they do not see anything special about the current state government.

“But that does not mean we should be over-confident and leave things as they are.

“We should still go to the ground, meet the people and explain further about the improvements and development the Barisan can bring if given back the mandate to rule the state.

“The state government now is just a caretaker government. We should take it back from them in the general election,” Mohd Zin, who is also the state Barisan deputy election director, said during a briefing for party workers at the Kota Raja Umno division office here yesterday.

He raised several issues that had surfaced since 2008, including the state water problems and allegations of rampant illegal logging.

Mohd Zin said there were no such issues when the Barisan was running Selangor.

Speaking at a press conference later, Mohd Zin expressed confidence that the Kota Raja parliamentary seat, now held by Siti Mariah Mahmud of PAS, would fall back to the Barisan.

He welcomed the emergence of new faces in the Barisan, saying: “We are a party that subscribes to the 1Malaysia concept.

“Hence, we have to support each other to care for the rakyat’s well-being.”