{"id":15281,"date":"2022-10-21T17:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T09:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15281"},"modified":"2022-10-21T17:30:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T09:30:17","slug":"khairy-expects-to-be-fielded-in-opposition-held-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15281","title":{"rendered":"Khairy expects to be fielded in opposition-held seat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEREMBAN, Oct\u00a021 <\/strong>— Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today indicated that he could be contesting in a Parliamentary seat now held by a non-Barisan Nasional (BN) party in the 15th general election (GE15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though the seat has not been finalised and is being evaluated by BN’s top leadership, Khairy however confirmed it is a constituency which was won by an opposition party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is almost sure that\u00a0I will be sent to an area held by the opposition party and almost sure it is not considered a safe seat,\u201d<\/em> he told reporters after presenting Keluarga Malaysia Student Devices at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)\u00a0Seremban Campus here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khairy who is a\u00a0three-term Rembau Parliamentary MP, is giving way to UMNO deputy president to contest in the constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mohamad was reported as giving assurance that there would be a suitable seat for Khairy in GE15 and he would not allow the Health Minister to fade away as he is a young leader of calibre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khairy said he is ready to accept the challenge and take on the responsibility entrusted by the party to capture the seat in GE15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked if the seat is in\u00a0Negeri Sembilan, Khairy declined to reveal the matter and said: \u201cVarious states, nothing is final. We wait.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Election Commission (EC) has set Nov 19 as the polling day for GE15 with nomination day on Nov 5 and early voting on Nov 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced the dissolution of the 14th Parliament on Oct 10 to make way for GE15 after being granted consent by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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