JOHOR BARU: Perikatan Nasional is set to enter the Johor election as a united force, says Malaysian Indian People’s Party (MIPP) president P. Punithan.
The Perikatan deputy chairman said all component parties had a smooth seat negotiation during a meeting chaired by the coalition's election director Datuk Seri Sanusi Md Nor on Wednesday (June 24).
"We had a very smooth seat negotiation and discussion. There was no argument, no hate.
"It was very cool and we shared a lot of perspectives and we want to go to the election together.
"Our spirit is to go to the election together," he told reporters when met after the announcement of MIPP candidates on Thursday (June 25) night.
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He added that the machinery of all parties under Perikatan has also agreed to work together to help each other's candidates.
"In fact, as part of our preparation, we will have all our candidates meet with the division leaders and machinery of all Perikatan parties from the respective seats they are contesting in on Friday (June 26).
"As president, I will go down with my candidates and introduce them to the other Perikatan parties.
"We will see what are the things that we can do together for the two-week campaign period," he said.
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Earlier, he announced that MIPP will make its debut in the Johor state election and contest five seats.
The candidates are M. Lina Manoh, who will be contesting the Bukit Permai seat, DS Jeevakumar (Paloh), SS Anna Pravina (Kota Iskandar), Dr A. Arvind (Pemanis), and T. Vela (Permas).
