Boring PN-PH straight fight in Sungai Bakap

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Boring PN-PH straight fight in Sungai Bakap

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22, 2024: The July 6 Sungai Bakap by-election will be a boring affair between Perikatan Nasional (PN)-PAS and Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Thwe by-election in the state will be meaningless with no other challengers to provide the opportunity for voters to send a stinging political message to both PN and PH.

Whoever wins or loses will have no effect on the status of the Penang Assembly power equation.

The only message for the voters to send is to dump the incumbent party, the Taliban-like PAS, to show that the extremist religious party has no place in multi-racial Penang and Malaysia.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on the nominations this morning:

PN-PH straight fight in Sungai Bakap by-election

FMT Reporters-22 Jun 2024, 10:36 AM

Pakatan Harapan’s Joohari Ariffin of PKR will take on Perikatan Nasional’s Abidin Ismail of PAS. 

PH candidate Joohari Ariffin (right) and PN’s Abidin Ismail shake hands after it was announced that they will face each other in a straight fight in the Sungai Bakap by-election. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: The Sungai Bakap by-election on July 6 will see a straight fight between Perikatan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan.

PN has fielded Abidin Ismail of PAS, and PH is represented by PKR’s Joohari Ariffin.

Abidin, a 56-year-old logistics executive, is a former aide to Nor Zamri Latiff, whose death on May 24 caused the state seat to fall vacant.

Joohari, 60, is a former lecturer at Institut Aminuddin Baki in Kedah, and had also served as a teacher in public schools, previously.

Their candidacy was announced by Election Commission returning officer Khairulnizam Hashim at the Jawi multipurpose hall at Taman Desa Jawi in Nibong Tebal after nominations closed at 10am today.

In the Penang state election last August, Nor Zamri, who was also the Nibong Tebal PAS chief, defeated PH candidate Nurhidayah Che Rose by a majority of 1,563 votes in a straight fight.

Earlier, Joohari arrived at the nomination centre accompanied by supporters and leaders from the parties in the unity government, including PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan, Penang DAP chairman Chow Kon Yeow, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng, Bernama reported.

Also present were Amanah strategic director Dzulkefly Ahmad, Penang PKR state leadership council chairman Nurul Izzah Anwar, PKR information chief Fahmi Fadzil, Umno Supreme Council member Zambry Abd Kadir and PKR deputy information chief 1 R Ramanan.

Meanwhile, Abidin was accompanied by PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan, Bersatu vice-president Dr Radzi Jidin and PAS election director Sanusi Nor.

Also present were PAS president Hadi Awang, PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, and PAS deputy spiritual leader Ahmad Yakob.

There are 39,279 registered voters in Sungai Bakap, consisting of 39,222 regular voters and 57 police officers.

Early voting will be on July 2.