Negri polls: Caretaker MB Aminuddin to contest BN-stronghold in Linggi?


SEREMBAN: Four-term Sikamat assemblyman Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun, who is strongly tipped to contest the Linggi seat in the coming state polls, said no decision has been made on the matter.

Aminuddin, who has been Mentri Besar since 2018, said PKR's candidates will only be announced by party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim before nomination day.

"Nothing has been finalised.

"I may even stay back in Sikamat or even be sent to Labu or anywhere the president sees fit," he said when met after launching the "Kampung dan Sekolah Angkat Madani" programme in Labu near here.

Talk is rife that Aminuddin, who is also Port Dickson MP, will be fielded in Linggi to give Pakatan Harapan a greater chance of winning the seat.

Linggi, which is located within the Port Dickson parliamentary constituency, has always been a Barisan Nasional stronghold.

Pakatan will contest all 36 seats in the Aug 1 polls with PKR vying for 16, DAP (11) and Amanah (nine).

Aminuddin also refused to say if PKR's four other incumbents will be retained.

"This is entirely up to the president," he said.

Asked on a statement by state DAP chief Anthony Loke that Pakatan was aiming to win more than 20 seats in the polls, Aminuddin said this was achievable provided all Pakatan allies worked hard in all 36 constituencies.

"PKR and Amanah also have to work harder so that we can achieve the target," he said.

In the 2023 state election which Pakatan contested under the unity banner, the DAP won all the 11 seats it contested while PKR bagged five of the six it fielded in and Amanah, one of two.

 

 

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