N Sembilan MB is Harapan candidate for Port Dickson

Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun has been named Pakatan Harapan’s candidate for the Port Dickson parliamentary seat in the 15th general election.

The announcement was made by Harapan chairperson and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim during his speech at the Negeri Sembilan Harapan Tour in Port Dickson last night.

“I need to choose a Port Dickson candidate who can be trustworthy, his standard on par with me or slightly higher than my standard. He has a good personality, is a good worker and importantly, a local. He (Aminuddin) did not ask for it, he instead pleaded to not pick him.

“This is a good example, it won’t affect his job (as MB), he is from here - as the menteri besar and Port Dickson division chief. This is how I want to honour Port Dickson. Hopefully, we will win other areas as well. It is not about positions but providing good service to the people. Only two seats have been announced, Tambun and Port Dickson,” he said.

Anwar has earlier confirmed that he would be contesting the Tambun parliamentary seat in Perak. The Harapan leader had decided not to defend his Port Dickson parliamentary seat which he had won by a 23,560 vote majority at a by-election in October 2018 that saw seven contestants vying for the seat.

Anwar, when met by reporters after the meeting, said he was confident of Aminuddin’s ability to win Port Dickson.

“He is a good worker, is a local, always helped me in Port Dickson, God willing, he will win big,” he said.

On Thursday, when announcing that he would be contesting the Tambun seat, Anwar said the decision to compete in Tambun was to capture the seat and strengthen the presence of Harapan in Perak.

“Tambun is not under Harapan now, it is under Bersatu, therefore if we can win in Tambun, we can also win other seats and spread Harapan’s influence,” he said.

- Bernama

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