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Penang to avoid parachute candidates in GE14

GE14 | Penang Pakatan Harapan is considering injecting new blood, including several local councillors, as candidates in the forthcoming general election to avoid fielding outsiders or "parachute" candidates, as it had done before.

State DAP chief Chow Kon Yeow said the party is looking at "transformational growth" when making its selection of candidates.

"It is a normal process that new blood will be injected in each election to allow the party to grow," Chow told Malaysiakini when asked to comment on the selection of candidates in the state for GE14.

"As to how many of the young blood will be selected will depend on the strategy of the election," he added.

Asked if these new faces meant local councillors are being considered, Chow said, "Definitely! Councillors have been nominated by their branches and we have short-listed some to take up the challenges...

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