Johor polls: Gerakan eyeing up to 10 seats

KULAI: Gerakan will be contesting up to ten seats in the upcoming state election, says its president Datuk Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai.

"In GE14, we contested in two state seats and one Parliamentary seat. In this election, we are looking to contest more seats.

"Seat allocations has been finalised and the exact numbers would be announced by Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin soon.

"For now, we can only reveal that it will be more seats compared to GE14 but not more than 10 seats," he told the press when met after attending Kulai Gerakan division Chinese New Year dinner at a restaurant here in Kelapa Sawit, Kulai.

In GE 14, Gerakan contested the Bukit Batu and Pemanis state seats as well as the Simpang Renggam parliamentary seat.

Asked if Gerakan would be contesting in the Bukit Batu and Pemanis seat again, he said that those are among seats that the party has shown interest in.

He added that the Skudai and Pekan Nenas seats are also among seats the party is interested in contesting.

Lau also said that the party would also mobilise its members from other parts of the country to support its election machinery here.

"Our 60,000 Gerakan members in Johor have been mobilised for the state election and they would be supported by other members from other states as well," he said.

Also present were Gerakan deputy president Oh Tong Keong, state chief Datuk Teo Kok Chee and Kulai Perikatan Nasional chairman Tosrin Jarvanthi, who is also Parti Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Kulai division chief.