ALOR GAJAH: Barisan Nasional’s campaign machinery must intensify efforts to reach voters in the final days before polling, says Melaka Barisan chairman Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh.
With polling on Saturday (Nov 14), Ab Rauf said the coalition’s focus in Ayer Limau was now on ensuring supporters turn out to cast their ballots.
“We are now in the final push towards Saturday’s election.
“We know Saturday is the day the people of Melaka have been waiting for to choose their representatives in the state assembly,” he told reporters after visiting the Ayer Limau operations room in Masjid Tanah here on Wednesday (Nov 11).
Also present was Barisan’s Ayer Limau candidate Datuk Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer.
Ab Rauf, who is also Barisan’s Melaka election director, said he was satisfied with preparations in the constituency and the mobilisation of the coalition’s machinery at constituency, branch and polling district levels.
He said the machinery had been operating systematically since nomination day but must not ease up as the campaign entered its most critical phase.
“I can see that the machinery in Ayer Limau is very well prepared to encourage people to come out and vote,” he said.
Ab Rauf said the campaign’s momentum now needed to be translated into votes for Hameed, whom he described as an experienced elected representative who had demonstrated his commitment to serving the people.
