KUALA TERENGGANU: Looking after the people’s welfare, better education opportunities and bringing more development to Hulu Terengganu are among the commitments given by incumbent MP Datuk Rosol Wahid (pic).
He said the positive response from the people there – whom he had served since 1999 – was a morale booster for him to work harder for them.
“I believe that I have proven my worth as their MP. If I get re-elected, first on my agenda is to ensure their welfare is being looked into. I want to help the people in Hulu Terengganu who are unable to complete building their houses,” he said.
Rosol explained that many people in his area were odd-job workers and would build their houses in stages.
“Their houses maybe 10% incomplete or they are unable to fix their roof due to insufficient money. This is where I come in and these are the people that we will help. We have a lot of such cases here,” he said.
He is Bersatu’s sole candidate contesting for a parliamentary seat in Terengganu while the remaining seven seats are being contested by fellow Perikatan Nasional component member PAS.
For GE15, Perikatan candidates contesting in Kelantan and Terengganu are using the PAS symbol.
Rosol’s first parliamentary election outing was in GE14 but he is no stranger to polls, having stood and won the Ajil state seat (one of the four seats in Hulu Terengganu) in the 1999, 2004 and 2008 national polls.
Rosol, who is caretaker Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs deputy minister, said he would also ensure children from low-income families get the education they deserve.
“I don’t want them to be left out because of poverty. We have been helping orphans and less fortunate children by placing them in dormitories so that it is easier for them to go to school,” he said.
On development, Rosol said he would focus on building a new township that offers affordable housing for the local community.
“We don’t want to build expensive houses that our people could only “see” but is out of their reach. We want to focus on low and middle-cost housing,” he said.
On why he jumped ship to Bersatu, Rosol shared this analogy:
“Drivers in the bus that I was in were those who I would describe as drunk drivers. We requested for the drivers to be changed but they refused. So, rather than falling off the ravine, I decided to switch to another bus,” he said.
Rosol, 58, is a former Umno man before he hopped to Bersatu in 2018.
