Johor polls: 16 Wanita Perikatan names submitted for Johor polls, says Rina

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Jan -- Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun ketika sidang media pelaksanaan program bayaran bantuan tanpa tunai (cashless) Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) selepas Program Menyantuni Pusat Jagaan Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) sempena Sambutan Tahun Baru Cina di Persatuan Kebajikan Chen Ai OKU Kelana Jaya hari ini. -- fotoBERNAMA (2022) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

JOHOR BAHRU: Wanita Perikatan Nasional has submitted 16 names to be listed as candidates to contest in the Johor state election on March 12.

Wanita Perikatan chief, Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun said the 16 names submitted to the Perikatan leadership were from the three Perikatan component parties namely, Bersatu, PAS and Gerakan.

Rina, who was also Bersatu Srikandi chief, hoped the top Perikatan leadership could provide Wanita Perikatan the opportunity to contest and help bring victory to the coalition.

"Our hope is that women be given a chance too because they are capable of providing service to the public,” she told reporters after a ceremony to launch Wanita Perikatan machinery here on Friday (Feb 11) night.

Also present at the event were PN secretary-general and Johor state election director Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin and Armada chief Senator Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal.

Rina, who was also Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, said Wanita Perikatan was ready to face the state election to ensure the support and votes of first time and Undi18 voters were in favour of Perikatan.

"Wanita Perikatan has 10,000 registered voters. We have actually made our preparations prior to the dissolution of the Johor state assembly,” she said.

The Johor state election will be held on March 12 following the dissolution of the state assembly last Jan 22. - Bernama