State polls: Pakatan to renominate incumbent Bukit Selambuau assemblyman

SUNGAI PETANI: Incumbent Bukit Selambau assemblyman R. Summugam will be re-nominated by Pakatan Harapan (PH) to defend the seat in the coming Aug 12 state elections.

Summugam was initially dropped from the list with a new face, R. Suntharajoo, named as the candidate for Bukit Selambau.

However, PH secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced Summugam’s name for the seat when announcing and introducing the candidates, as well as launching the Kedah unity manifesto for the coming state polls here Thursday (July 27) night.

Summugam, who is from PKR, is expected to face Perikatan Nasional’s Azizan Hamzah, of PAS, in the contest for the Bukit Selambau seat.

When met by reporters after the event, Summugam said he was not surprised by his re-nomination given his good performance as the people’s elected representative.

When his name was dropped, Summugam said he accepted it with an open heart and did not protest.

If re-elected, he said, he will continue to focus on solving the water crisis facing residents in the constituency. - Bernama