Perak: Kayveas to defend Taiping
Published: Feb 21, 2008 1:24 PM | Updated: Nov 11, 2015 12:55 AM
People's Progressive Party (PPP) president M Kayveas will be defending his Taiping parliamentary seat as the ruling BN candidate.
People's Progressive Party (PPP) president M Kayveas will be defending his Taiping parliamentary seat as the ruling BN candidate.
Kayveas has a rocky relationship with fellow BN component party members, including Gerakan, which gave up Taiping in the 2004 general elections.
Gerakan has never lost the Taiping seat since it won the seat in 1969 but had reluctantly allowed PPP to contest there in the last election in what was then dubbed a 'one-off' seat arrangement with Umno.
In return, Umno made way for Gerakan's women's wing chief Tan Lian Hoe to contest in the Malay-majority Bukit Gantang seat, which neighbours the Taiping seat.
Since 2004, Gerakan and PPP have been trading barbs over the Taiping seat, which Kayvaes indicated he has no intention of giving up.
Meanwhile, BN Perak chairperson Mohd Tajol Rosli had previously promised that the party would get back its Bukit Gantang seat.
Tan to fight Lenggong
In today’s announcement of the BN line-up in Perak, Tajol Rosli said that Umno will contest Bukit Gantang in the March 8 general elections but will give its Lenggong parliament seat to Tan.
“Because we have been forced to give way to Tan to contest in Lenggong, the Umno Lenggong Youth chief (Shamsul Anuar Nasarah) will now be fighting the parliament seat of Gerik while incumbent Wan Hashim Wan Teh will not be contesting,” said Tajol Rosli.
Tajor Rosli then announced Umno line-up in Perak where the party will be contesting 11 parliament seats and 34 state seats.
Perak has 24 parliament seats and 69 state seats.
Kayveas has a rocky relationship with fellow BN component party members, including Gerakan, which gave up Taiping in the 2004 general elections.Gerakan has never lost the Taiping seat since it won the seat in 1969 but had reluctantly allowed PPP to contest there in the last election in what was then dubbed a 'one-off' seat arrangement with Umno.
In return, Umno made way for Gerakan's women's wing chief Tan Lian Hoe to contest in the Malay-majority Bukit Gantang seat, which neighbours the Taiping seat.Since 2004, Gerakan and PPP have been trading barbs over the Taiping seat, which Kayvaes indicated he has no intention of giving up.
Meanwhile, BN Perak chairperson Mohd Tajol Rosli had previously promised that the party would get back its Bukit Gantang seat.
Tan to fight Lenggong
In today’s announcement of the BN line-up in Perak, Tajol Rosli said that Umno will contest Bukit Gantang in the March 8 general elections but will give its Lenggong parliament seat to Tan. “Because we have been forced to give way to Tan to contest in Lenggong, the Umno Lenggong Youth chief (Shamsul Anuar Nasarah) will now be fighting the parliament seat of Gerik while incumbent Wan Hashim Wan Teh will not be contesting,” said Tajol Rosli.
Tajor Rosli then announced Umno line-up in Perak where the party will be contesting 11 parliament seats and 34 state seats.
Perak has 24 parliament seats and 69 state seats.
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