Banners appear in Semenyih, dispute in Bersatu over candidate
With the clock ticking down to the March 2 Semenyih by-election in Selangor, there appears to be an internal dispute on who from Bersatu will be fielded as the candidate to represent Pakatan Harapan.
Several days ago, banners were put up rejecting several potential candidates.
One banner displayed the image of a potential candidate and below it were the words "kami tak sokong calon ni" (we don't support this candidate).
Another banner with the same image was accompanied with the words "N24 tolak calon luar" (N24 rejects outside candidate). N24 is the code for the state seat...
With the clock ticking down to the March 2 Semenyih by-election in Selangor, there appears to be an internal dispute on who from Bersatu will be fielded as the candidate to represent Pakatan Harapan.
Several days ago, banners were put up rejecting several potential candidates.
One banner displayed the image of a potential candidate and below it were the words "kami tak sokong calon ni" (we don't support this candidate).
Another banner with the same image was accompanied with the words "N24 tolak calon luar" (N24 rejects outside candidate). N24 is the code for the state seat.
The banners were spotted near an intersection in Semenyih.
Malaysiakini also sighted a paper with pictures of several potential candidates who were described as unfit.
Among others, the potential candidates were labelled as "kaki sapu projek" (someone who swipes all the projects) and "ahli majlis korup" (corrupt local council member).
It is learned that the papers were posted on walls in public places.
A source from Bersatu told Malaysiakini that party grassroots in Hulu Langat are divided into several camps on the candidate issue.
"At the same time, there are those who favour someone from outside of the district to contest in the by-election but the locals favour someone from Semenyih or Hulu Langat itself" added the source.
The Semenyih seat is under the Hulu Langat parliament constituency.
The source said that the banners were probably the work of a certain camp which is frustrated that their leader was not proposed as a candidate.
"Such public display of dissatisfaction is bad for the party image because that shows disunity.
"We are also concerned that certain camps will not provide full support to the candidate during the by-election," the source added.
Malaysiakini has contacted Hulu Langat Bersatu acting chief Rais Zulkifli for comment.
The Semenyih seat fell vacant after its assemblyperson from Bersatu, Mohd Bakhtiar Mohd Nor, died last month.
Bersatu is going to morph into BERMAKAN looking at the state of affairs of the party.
Seems Bersatu, just like PKR has serious disunity problem. If not nib in the bud this could spell potential trouble for Bersatu and so too PKR. Both parties show weak leadership at the top, hence the presence of open revolts by party grassroot.
This is the result of weak leadership in Bersatu. Muhiudeen needs to pull up his socks or leave the leadership to others.
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