Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said he does not think that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang will contest in his (Najib’s) Pekan parliamentary constituency in the next general election.

“I don’t think it will happen,” he told Malaysian journalists after attending the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit at the National Convention Centre in Vientiane, Laos yesterday.  

Najib was asked to comment on reports in Malaysia that Hadi had expressed his intention to contest anywhere PAS fielded him, even if it were to be the Pekan constituency.

“Whoever wants to contest (in Pekan), let him,” Najib said.

Najib has been the elected representative for Pekan since 1976. Hadi is the MP for Marang.

- Bernama

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