KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Barisan Nasional (BN) has unanimously pledged its support for General (Rtd) Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor (pic) who was named on Monday (Nov 13) as the coalition’s direct candidate for the Kemaman parliamentary by-election, which is scheduled for Dec 2.
The State BN deputy chairman, Datuk Nik Dir Nik Wan Ku, expressed confidence in Raja Mohamed Affandi’s ability to be well-received by voters in the constituency due to his experience and contributions to national security.
“Even though he (Raja Mohamed Affandi) is a native of Besut, he has lived in Kemaman for a long time…I am confident that he will be well-received by the voters,” he said when contacted by Bernama on Monday.
The Election Commission has set nomination and early voting for the by-election on Nov 18 and Nov 28.
The by-election is being called after the Terengganu Election Court nullified the victory of Che Alias Hamid of PAS, who had been declared the winner of the Kemaman parliamentary seat in the 15th General Election (GE15) last year.
Meanwhile, Terengganu Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad also expressed full support and confidence in the wisdom of the BN leadership in fielding Raja Mohamed Affandi.
“We leave it up to our coalition partner (BN) because they were the ones who submitted the GE15 petition, so it is their prerogative to name the candidate,” he said, adding that the state PH and BN have conducted a series of meetings to make thorough preparations for the by-election.
The national PH machinery will be actively involved and stationed in Kemaman throughout the campaign period, he added. – Bernama
