ALOR SETAR: Gerakan will be contesting three seats in the Kedah state election, says its president Datuk Dr Dominic Lau (pic).
However, he declined to reveal the seats but said negotiations on seat distribution in Kedah among Perikatan Nasional component parties had been settled.
According to him, the announcement about the seats that would be contested by Perikatan component parties in the Kedah state election would be made on June 22.
"Therefore, we have informed the Gerakan leadership and their preparations will continue.
"I am satisfied with the cooperation of the PN component parties consisting of PAS, Bersatu and Gerakan in Kedah," he told a press conference after officiating Kedah Gerakan's delegates convention here on Sunday (June 18) night.
The Kedah State Assembly has 36 seats with Perikatan holding 21, Pakatan Harapan (11), Barisan Nasional and Pejuang two each.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor was previously reported to have said that he would have an audience with the Sultan of Kedah Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah on June 25 to propose June 28 as the dissolution date of the Kedah State Assembly. - Bernama
