Perak BN deputy chairperson Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah today denied rumours of a snap election to be held in the state in September.

husni hanadzlah He said no instruction was received by BN component parties in Perak to submit their respective lists of candidates in preparation for the election.

Ahmad Husni, who is also BN and Umno treasurer, said that as the state BN chairperson, he would have been informed if the election was to be held in Perak.

"The national-level BN held its meeting about two weeks ago, followed by Umno last week and then Perak BN. There was no discussion at all on the snap election," he told reporters after a function at Dewan Merdeka here today.

Rumours of a snap election in Perak have been circulating after a deputy president of a BN component party is said to have submitted the list of the party's election candidates to Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir yesterday. A source from the party also claimed that the snap election would be held in September.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Husni, who is Second Finance Minister, dismissed fear by some Malay non-governmental organisations that the new economic model to be implemented by the government could result in the Bumiputera to continue to be left behind economically.

    

He said the government had taken into account the interests of all quarters when planning the new economic model.

"The government will not set aside any race. Everybody will benefit from the implementation of the new economic model," he added.

He said the new economic model would be tabled once again to the Cabinet next month for fine tuning.

- Bernama