Perikatan to field Zulkifli Jaafar for Pulai by-election, Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya for Simpang Jeram


Dr Mohd Mazri (left) and Zulkifli are the Perikatan candidates for the by-elections.

JOHOR BARU: Perikatan Nasional will field businessman Zulkifli Jaafar for the Pulai parliamentary seat by-election and Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya for the Simpang Jeram state seat.

Perikatan chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin made the announcement at the coalition's Pulai by-election operations room here on Wednesday (Aug 23).

Zulkifli, 50, is from Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia while Dr Mohd Mazri, 54, is from PAS.

The two seats became vacant following the death of Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub on July 23, who was the Pulai MP and Simpang Jeram assemblyman as well as domestic trade and cost of living minister.

On Aug 19, Amanah president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu announced that former Johor state assembly speaker Suhaizan Kaiat, 50, is set to contest the Pulai seat and Bakri Amanah deputy chief Nazri Abdul Rahma, 56, would contest the Simpang Jeram seat.

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