Ku Li likely to run for Gua Musang again after unanimous vote for him as candidate

The Gua Musang Umno division unanimously voted for Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah to be the party’s candidate for the Gua Musang parliamentary seat in the upcoming 15th general election.

They made this decision in the Gua Musang Umno divisional delegates meeting today.

The incumbent Gua Musang MP, however, said he would leave it to the Umno leadership to decide on his candidacy to defend the seat and that he would oblige if requested by the party to do so.

“I will leave it to the party (to decide), and in Gua Musang, they (Umno members) never allow me to retire.

“Even the Orang Asli community, they don’t want anybody else as the candidate for the Gua Musang MP.

“They want me, and the party (Gua Musang Umno) division secretary (Ab Aziz Yusoff) said as long as I can perform, I have to offer myself.

“What can I say, I follow the party’s instructions,” said Tengku Razaleigh, as reported by Bernama.

The 85-year-old holds the record as the longest-serving elected representative in the country.

He contested and won the Ulu Kelantan parliamentary seat in 1974. The seat was eventually renamed Gua Musang, with Tengku Razaleigh having successfully defended the seat since then.

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