{"id":16038,"date":"2023-01-10T13:06:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T05:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16038"},"modified":"2023-01-10T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T05:06:08","slug":"pns-preparation-for-state-elections-80-per-cent-complete-hadi-awang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16038","title":{"rendered":"PN&#8217;s preparation for state elections 80 per cent complete &#8211; Hadi Awang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GEORGE TOWN, Jan 10<\/strong> &#8212; Perikatan Nasional\u2019s (PN) preparations to face the six state elections (PRN), including the distribution of seats,\u00a0are 80 per cent complete, said its deputy chairman Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said discussions for the state elections had been held with the component parties in the coalition during the 15th General Election (GE15) last year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-1024x555.jpg\" alt=\"state elections\" class=\"wp-image-8254\" width=\"484\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-184x100.jpg 184w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-350x190.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-800x434.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;It can be said that 80 per cent of our preparations have been completed and the next move is to\u00a0refine our strategy,\u201d<\/em> he told a press conference at the Penang Gerakan headquarters here, last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Abdul Hadi,&nbsp; who is PAS president, held a dialogue with Gerakan leaders including its chairman Datuk Dr Dominic Lau and Penang chairman Oh Tong Keong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six states that will hold their elections this year are Kedah, Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan and Terengganu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the dialogue,&nbsp;Abdul Hadi said it was aimed at strengthening&nbsp;the relationship between PN party and Gerakan,&nbsp;as well as to provide accurate information on related issues, including Islamophobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/politics\/news.php?id=2154813\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEORGE TOWN, Jan 10 &#8212; Perikatan Nasional\u2019s (PN) preparations to face the six state elections&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f.jpg",1090,591,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-300x163.jpg",300,163,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-768x416.jpg",640,347,true],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f-1024x555.jpg",640,347,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f.jpg",1090,591,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f.jpg",1090,591,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f.jpg",1090,591,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f.jpg",1024,555,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e80da340f714351cdcf0342dc72d2ddc5e67c435be94f.jpg",720,390,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=15\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16039,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16038\/revisions\/16039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}