{"id":12334,"date":"2021-11-11T17:31:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T09:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12334"},"modified":"2021-11-11T17:31:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T09:31:26","slug":"pejuang-refutes-fielding-proxies-in-melaka-polls-dr-mahathir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12334","title":{"rendered":"Pejuang refutes fielding proxies in Melaka polls – Dr. Mahathir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MELAKA, Nov 11  — Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) today refuted the allegation that they were fielding proxy candidates in the Melaka polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pejuang chairman Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in his blog said the party had already announced that they will not participate in the state election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, I found out that certain quarters are trying to link me and Pejuang with certain individuals contesting as independent candidates\u00a0in the polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI want to stress that Pejuang and I do not support anyone in the Melaka polls, let alone to field proxy candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope with this explanation, nobody will try to link me or Pejuang with any of the candidates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to this, former Pengkalan Batu assemblyman Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee, who is contesting as an independent candidate, also refuted the allegation that he would contest on Pejuang\u2019s ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The polling day for the Melaka state election is set on Nov 20, while the early voting, on Nov16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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