BAHAU: Pakatan Harapan has only one Mentri Besar candidate and that is Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun, says Anthony Loke.
Denying claims that he would become the mentri besar, Loke described them as nothing more than “malicious talk”.
“Those are malicious claims made by those opposing us. Our mentri besar candidate is only one person, and that is Tok Min,” the DAP secretary-general said, referring to Aminuddin.
Loke said the Negri Sembilan constitution stipulates that the mentri besar must be a Malay Muslim assemblyman.
“I do not fulfil those requirements,” he said.
Loke was responding to a question by Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki on who Pakatan’s mentri besar candidate would be if Aminuddin is defeated in Linggi, which he described as a Barisan Nasional stronghold.
Asyraf had suggested that Loke could become mentri besar, asking voters whether they wanted “a mentri besar from DAP”.
He said Barisan has a long list of qualified candidates to be considered for the post should it secure enough seats to form the next state government, including experienced leaders and new faces with state administration experience.
