PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional has finalised its seat distribution for the six state elections, with a national-level meeting scheduled for next Monday.
Its information chief Datuk Seri Azmin Ali said the national committee on seat distribution would meet on Monday to finalise the process following the completion of the talks by the six states.
The former Selangor mentri besar and incumbent Bukit Antarabangsa assemblyman, however, declined to reveal the percentage of distribution among the three parties – Bersatu, PAS and Gerakan.
“We have decided which party gets what seats. We will now move on to the process of selecting the right candidates,” he said.
On Monday, Gerakan president Datuk Dr Dominic Lau said the party had finalised 90% of the candidates in the 30 seats to be contested by it in Kedah, Penang, Selangor and Negri Sembilan.
He added that discussions were still ongoing with its Perikatan partners for seats in Kelantan and Terengganu.
Meanwhile, PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said Perikatan’s national committee on seat distribution had listened to the findings of the state Perikatan committees.
“The findings will now be brought to the central committee at the national level. Overall, there was no major problem and the discussions for all six states were conducted in harmony,” he said when contacted.
The Perikatan supreme council, he added, would finalise the proposals from the states before the presidential council made the final decision.
He said for PAS, the priority was to ensure that Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah remained under Perikatan.
“As for the other three states (Negri Sembilan, Selangor and Penang), we will have to up our game to take over from Pakatan and Barisan,” said Tuan Ibrahim.
