PKR still working on candidates’ list
Party hopes to iron out niggling problems in its final candidates’ list for a number of parlimentary and state seats
Alyaa Azhar, FMT
PKR is working to resolve its candidates for several seats which the party will be contesting in the 13th general election.
After a closed meeting between PKR candidates and the party’s de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim today, the candidates were given their watikah (letters of authorisation).
However, the candidates for a number of seats were not announced, including both the parliamentary and state seats of Negeri Sembilan, and even the Batu parliamentary seat.
At a press conference later, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali said that Anwar will be holding talks with party leaders this evening and hoped to finalise the list.
As for the Labuan parliamentary seat where both PKR and PAS are now staking a claim, he said that negotiations were still ongoing.
“Everything will be discussed by both parties [PKR and PAS] and we still hope for a one on one fight between Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional,” said Azmin.
PKR wants to field corporate bigwig Ibrahim Menudin while Labuan PAS had announced that its information chief Hadnan Mohamad would be the Pakatan candidate for the seat.
On the Semenyih state seat, he said that PSM had been told of PKR’s decision to field Serdang PKR division chief Hamidi Hassan and PKR is now awaiting a response from PSM.
PKR considers all views
Yesterday, PSM secretary-general S Arutchelvan said that PSM will contest the seat using its own party symbol if PKR stood by its decision to field Hamidi for the Semenyih seat.
