The Barisan Nasional (BN) Permatang Pauh by-election candidate Suhaimi Sabudin, 44, said that he did not expect he would be contesting for the parliamentary seat.
“I feel so nervous. I did not expect to be selected as the candidate for the by-election here,” Suhaimi said today.
Suhaimi admitted that his job would be a difficult one as he had to compete with the Opposition who had been maintaining the seat for almost 20 years.
“We have to fight. This is the PKR’s stronghold for over 17 years and we can’t let them continue staying here, or else we can never make the Prime Minister’s vision come true which is to gain back our dignity here.”
He said this in his speech at the Permatang Pauh Polytechnic here today during the launch of the Wanita BN election machinery by Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The by-election is being held following the five-year imprisonment of its incumbent, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who was found guilty of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.
Anwar had initially won the parliamentary seat back in 1982 under the Barisan Nasional’s ticket before he was sacked in 1998. His wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail captured the seat in the 1999 General Election and it had been PKR’s stronghold ever since.
In the last general election, Anwar defeated Barisan Nasional’s Dr Mazlan Ismail with a 11,721-vote majority.
A total of 71,890 registered voters in Permatang Pauh will cast their vote for their new member of parliament on May 7 while early voting is on May 3. - The Rakyat Post
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