In Kuala Besut, BN takes advantage of opponent’s gaffe
(The Malay Mail) – Barisan Nasional (BN) is one up against PAS in the Kuala Besut state seat by-election after PAS candidate Azlan Yusof slipped by saying he would hire assistants to serve the constituents as he would be busy attending to his businesses.
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he interview, which appeared in Harakah online, is now going viral as BN has picked it up and is using it in its campaign, which has so far been mild and tame, in an area where religious issues were, at one time, splitting families and friends.
Azlan, 48, is a local boy but has businesses mostly in Kelantan, 50km from Kuala Besut.
BN has been quick to pick up the interview, stressing that an assemblyman should be more in tune with the people and not merely assign his responsibilities to employees.
The ceramah lined up have also not attracted interest among the locals, probably as the general election had just concluded around two months ago.
BN’s line of campaign is “An Ustaz’s son, professional and a young man” for the voters while PAS is going with “A man who can develop Kuala Besut”.
Leaders from both sides of the political divide take to speaking in nightly ceramah but attendances have been small.
No more than 150 people, consisting of locals and outside supporters, gather at these ceramah at a time.
The candidates themselves are focusing on one-on-one meetings, leaving the leaders and outside campaigners to handle the ceramah and raise issues for the 17,000-odd voters to analyse and decide.
The locals, however, seem to be taking things easy despite Kuala Besut being only 20km away from Jertih.
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