SEREMBAN, July 24 — DAP last night announced the names of 11 candidates, including a new face, that the party will be fielding in the Negeri Sembilan elections next month.
Its secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook, when announcing the candidates, also confirmed that he will be defending the Chennah seat in the polls, while first-time candidate Desmond Sian Meow Kong will be contesting the Rahang seat.
Also contesting are Teo Kok Seong (Bahau), J. Arul Kumar (Nilai), Chew Seh Yong (Lobak), Ng Chin Tsai (Temiang), Nicole Tan ( Bukit Kepayang), Yap Yew Weng (Mambau), P. Gunasegaran (Seremban Jaya ), Choo Ken Hwa (Lukut) and S. Veerapan (Repah).
“Negeri Sembilan was won on the spirit of Pakatan Harapan (Harapan) in 2018. I am a Negeri Sembilan native, raised here, started my political career here, so of course, Negeri Sembilan is close to my heart.
“Ten of the seats we kept as status quo, and only in Rahang we are featuring a new face. Many of DAP’s candidates in Negeri Sembilan are still young, in their 30s to 60s,” he told reporters after the Harapan candidate announcement ceremony here.
He said DAP will be contesting in only four states, and will be announcing its candidates for Selangor odayt, followed by Penang and Kedah respectively on tomorrow.
“Tonight is not about DAP candidates, or Amanah, or Keadilan, but only Harapan because we represent the Harapan symbol, we enter the ring with the Harapan symbol,” he said.
Barisan Nasional last Friday announced 17 candidates running in the state, followed by the announcement of six PKR candidates by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also PKR President, and two Amanah candidates announced by its president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu last night.
Loke said all the candidates need to defend the Negeri Sembilan government and retain state Harapan chairman Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun as the menteri besar candidate.
Meanwhile, Loke also thanked Amanah for handing over its incumbent seat, Lenggeng, which it won in the 14th general election to BN this time around.
— Bernama
