Harapan to help BN win Tioman polls as Amanah gives way

Amanah has decided to give way to the BN candidate in the Tioman state seat by-election in Pahang.

The party said this decision was made in the spirit of the new unity government, which saw an alliance between the Pakatan Harapan and BN coalitions.

“Amanah sees the Tioman by-election as one of the new Pahang state government’s clashes with race and religious extremist groups that need to be handled seriously.

“In that spirit, Amanah sees the need to create close ties within the state government’s component (parties) in going up against the Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate.

“As such, Amanah, which is also part of the Harapan coalition, has decided to give way to the BN candidate for the Tioman by-election as a symbol of the unity government’s cooperation at the state and federal levels,” Amanah secretary-general Hatta Ramli said in a statement today.

To help the BN candidate garner victory in the Tioman election, Hatta said Harapan’s election machinery will work in tandem with BN’s campaign.

The Tioman by-election is a five-way fight involving incumbent Mohd Johari Hussain from BN, PN’s Nor Idayu Hashim, Pejuang’s Osman A Bakar, Harapan’s Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly, and independent candidate Sulaiman Bakar.

Polling for Tioman was postponed to Dec 7 after PN candidate Md Yunus Ramli, 61, died of a heart attack on the morning of polling day on Nov 19.

The Padang Serai parliamentary seat is also facing a similar situation after its incumbent M Karupaiya from Harapan died two days before polling day on Nov 19.

Previously, BN’s candidate for Padang Serai C Sivarraajh urged his Harapan counterpart Mohamad Sofee Razak to pull out from the race.

Sofee responded that he would not do so as Padang Serai has been a Harapan stronghold for the past 15 years. He also questioned why BN did not drop out of the race instead.

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