Unorthodox tactic for BN Kuala Kangsar campaign


SENDAI, 30 Mei -- Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (dua, kiri) bergambar kenangan bersama Naib Gabenor Sendai, Masahiro Wako (dua, kanan) ketika menghadiri taklimat mengenai kerajaan tempatan MIyagi menangani bencana, hari ini. Taklimat itu mendedahkan pengalaman Jepun dalam menghadapi situasi bencana dan proses pemulihan pasca bencana di wilayah Miyagi.Turut hadir Wakil Khas Perdana Menteri ke Asia Timur Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (kiri) dan Duta Malaysia ke Jepun Datuk Ahmad Izlan Idris (kanan).--fotoBERNAMA (2016) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

TOKYO: Barisan Nasional will adopt the “campaigning without the candidate” strategy for the Kuala Kangsar by-election, as Datin Mastura Mohd Yazid is observing iddah (the waiting period following the death of a Muslim woman’s husband).

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the strategy took into consideration the fatwa or edict that was a requirement according to Islamic law.

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