GEORGE TOWN: PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will contest a seat in the Klang Valley while her daughter is now going to the PKR stronghold, Permatang Pauh.
This has been confirmed by party secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution.
He said there were several “safe” seats for Nurul Izzah Anwar including the Pandan parliamentary constituency which was held by Rafizi Ramli.
“An announcement will be made soon,” he said.
Saifuddin said the party had made it clear the candidate for Permatang Pauh should be from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s family as the seat was a PKR fortress.
Saifuddin said he would contest the Kulim-Bandar Baharu parliamentary seat in Kedah and a state seat in Penang.
He lost the parliamentary seat to Datuk Abdul Aziz Sheikh Fadzir of Barisan Nasional by 1,871 votes in the last general election.
“I am confident of doing better as the majority I lost was not that high,” said Saifuddin who has been giving ceramah in Kulim the past few months.
Saifuddin, who was appointed strategic adviser to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng last year, declined to comment which state seat in Penang he would be contesting, saying it would be known in a few days.
He said it could be the Pantai Jerejak seat which was held by Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon.
There is talk that he would be appointed Deputy Chief Minister I if he wins the seat.
PKR sources said Mohd Rashid could be fielded in a state seat in Johor, but he had indicated he was not keen to contest in Johor although his hometown was Muar.
When asked if it would be odd that he might be representing Kedah and Penang, Saifuddin said it would not be a logistic issue since Kedah was a neighbouring state.
Saifuddin contested in Machang, Kelantan in 2008 and defeated Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Sazmi Miah. In 2004, he lost to Barisan candidate Datuk Lim Bee Kau in Padang Serai, Kedah.
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