PETALING JAYA, 17 Oct: The PAS candidate for the Sungai Limau By-Elections will be announced by the PAS President, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang on 21 October.
The PAS Secretary-General, Datuk Mustapha Ali said that the Pakatan Rakyat leadership council has agreed on the candidacy and is confident in defending the seat which was previously held by the former Chief Minister of Kedah, the late Tan Sri Azizan Abdul Razak.
“We have a candidate which has been decided by PAS and we have submitted it to the Pakatan Rakyat leadership, and it is agreed upon and will be announced on the 21st of this month,” he said in a press statement with PKR De Facto Leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim here today.
In the meantime, Mustapha said that the Kedah PAS machinery will be led by the PAS Vice-President, Datuk Mahfuz Omar.
He said PAS is always prepared and will work hard to counter every argument to be played by Umno-BN throughout the campaign period for the by-election.
In the 13th General Election, the late Ustaz Azizan won the seat with a majority vote of 2,774 through a four corner contest.
Meanwhile, the Sungai Limau constituency by-election will take place on 4 November.