KULAI: Having a high number of women candidates contesting in the Johor polls is a great development for Malaysia, says PKR’s Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar.
JOHOR BARU, Feb 26 The Johor state election will see more women candidates contesting compared with the 14th general election (GE14) in 2018. In the current state election, 37 women candidates were nominated compared with 28 women candidates in GE14. Based on the list of candidates, Barisan.
KOTA TINGGI, Feb 26 A group of 30 women led by Rosnah Suliman from Felda Sungai Sibol joined PKR today, boosting the Opposition party’s morale as the Johor election campaign officially started. Rosnah brought with her 29 others, claiming they were previously with the ruling Parti Pribumi.
KOTA TINGGI, Feb 26 PKR election director Fuziah Salleh believes her party has shown its maturity by refusing to “retaliate” against fellow Opposition party Muda in the Johor election. The Kuantan MP said that her party’s grassroots members were “hurt” by Muda’s decision to run for.
JOHOR BARU: The courtship between Muda and PKR is over after PKR said negotiation for the seat allocation in the Johor election is over. However, Malaysian United Democratic Party (Muda) president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman is still hopeful in its discussions with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), adding that it would, however, continue discussions with other parties in the Opposition.