KUALA LUMPUR: Former Selangor menteri besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim says he will help Barisan Nasional wrest Selangor from Pakatan Harapan in the 14th General Election (GE14).
"I am ready to help Umno and Barisan in Selangor and with any others if it is for the good and prosperity of the rakyat and state," he told reporters after attending the opening of the Selangor Umno Convention at PWTC on Saturday.
The Bandar Tun Razak MP said that he will lend his experience and use his influence to win support for Barisan.
In October, after attending a fundraising hi-tea by Selangor PAS, Khalid had said that he would campaign for the Islamist party in the upcoming polls.
On this point, the former mentri besar said that this did not conflict with his support of Umno.
"I am still an independent and there is some good in this. It gives me the freedom to work with whoever helps unite the faithful for the good of the state," he said.
Khalid, who is also Port Klang assemblyman, added that he would not be defending his seat in the coming general election.
"The worry that I am helping so that I can secure a seat in the coming polls does not arise at all," he said.
Khalid was sacked from PKR for his refusal to vacate the Selangor mentri besar post in 2014.
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