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Monday, 22 December 2008 10:17 |
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(NST) - Pas will announce its candidate for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election on Jan 1.
"He could be anyone from the party's ranks but I can assure you that the person is better than the Barisan Nasional candidate and can ensure a convincing victory for Pas.
"Parti Keadilan Rakyat accepts our choice," Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said yesterday.
Hadi said the announcement would be made at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah stadium, which has a 15,000-seat capacity.
"We are ready to face the BN.
"Our candidate has the character and professionalism and is well liked by the people," he said.
Asked why Pas is announcing its candidate much later than the BN, an unusual move for the party, Hadi said the party wanted to make the BN wait anxiously.
"Yes, in the past, Pas was made to wait. Not this time.
"We want to keep them (BN) guessing," he said.
Also present at the press conference were deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa and Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub.
In Kuala Lumpur, the inspector-general of police said police are ready for the by-election and would not hesitate to take stern action against those disrupting the process.
Tan Sri Musa Hassan said he told Terengganu police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan, during his visit to the state recently, to ensure a trouble-free by-election.
"In my visit to check on police preparations for the by-election, I told the CPO to be firm in making critical decisions during the by-election," said Musa after officiating at the Arts, Culture and Heritage Ministry's Campaign on Promoting Culture for the police at the Police Training Centre here yesterday.
Musa advised supporters of the political parties not to get emotional.
"As long as they follow the rules, then there should not be any problem," said Musa.
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I just hope PAS will come up with a good candidate and not as UMNO has done.
It will be very interesting to see how many ‘bebas’ candidates UMNO will field/sponsor in MT to dilute PAS votes. One candidate is almost certainly to be that last ‘spoiler’ grandmother ‘calon’ who managed to get just over 600 votes which possibly could have gone PAS way into victory.