Harapan candidate ready to make way for BN in Tioman if ordered

Pakatan Harapan candidate for the Tioman state seat Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly is ready to make way for BN candidate Mohd Johari Hussain, if directed by the coalition’s top leadership.

Fadzli said the matter had been discussed at the Harapan presidential council level taking into account the political situation at the central and Pahang state assembly level, but no decision had been made so far.

“Perhaps after this, there will be further discussion about seat negotiations involving the Padang Serai (parliamentary seat) and the Tioman state seat because Padang Serai is important for us to increase our numbers in Parliament.

“However, the Tioman state seat is no less important.

“So far, I have not been informed of any directive, especially from the presidential council about our position here. So we will conduct our campaign as usual,” he told Bernama.

The 15th general election results saw BN winning 16 seats in Pahang, one seat behind Perikatan Nasional (PN) while Harapan secured eight seats, which resulted in a hung state assembly as no party or coalition obtained a simple majority of 22 seats.

Even though he is ready to make way, Fadzli (above) wants the BN candidate to give assurance that he will solve the problems faced by Tioman islanders, especially involving water, land and infrastructure.

However, Fadzli said that he has yet to meet Johari, who is the incumbent Tioman assemblyperson, to discuss the matter.

The Tioman election was postponed following the death of PN candidate Md Yunus Ramli on polling day (Nov 19).

Apart from Fadzli and Johari, other candidates vying to win Tioman are PN’s Nor Idayu Hashim, Osman A Bakar (Pejuang) and Sulaiman Bakar (independent).

- Bernama

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