Johor polls: PKR to unveil one candidate at a time, says party's state chief

TANGKAK: PKR is looking into announcing its candidates one-by-one in order to give them more time to prepare for the upcoming Johor polls.

The party's state chief Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh said that PKR was still finalising its list of candidates and was expected to start unveiling the name of candidates soon.

"We are still planning but I believe we will use the same strategy (as DAP) where we would announce our candidates one-by-one, starting with seats that have been confirmed followed by other seats.

"It depends on the decision made by the party's leadership but I believe this would be the best way as it will give our candidates more time to make early preparations," he said.

He said this after attending DAP's announcement of its fourth candidate for the Johor state election.

Syed Ibrahim was responding to questions on whether PKR would follow the footstep of other component parties under Pakatan Harapan in the announcement of its candidates.

So far, DAP had announced that its assemblymen Ee Chin Li (Tangkak), Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali (Paloh), Chew Chong Sin (Mengkibol) and Gan Peck Cheng (Penggaram) would be defending their respective seats.

Meanwhile, Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) had also announced that its incumbent Pulai Sebatang assemblyman Muhammad Taqiuddin Cheman would be contesting the Mahkota seat.