{"id":9208,"date":"2021-04-21T13:44:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T05:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9208"},"modified":"2021-04-21T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T05:45:30","slug":"anwar-hints-at-defending-port-dickson-seat-in-ge15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9208","title":{"rendered":"Anwar hints at defending Port Dickson seat in GE15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PORT DICKSON, April 21 \u00a0— Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has hinted that he will most likely defend his Port Dickson parliamentary seat in the 15th\u00a0General Election (GE15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy heart is now in Port Dickson as it is more convenient as I am already familiar with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, the final decision on whether or not I will contest in Port Dickson will be made by the party,\u201d he told reporters after presenting Ramadan aid to mosques and surau in the constituency here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anwar, who is also PKR president, said as the elected representative for the constituency, he had established a good rapport with the people in Port Dickson and that there was no more issue of him still being an \u201coutsider\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe \u201coutsider\u201d issue came up (when I first won the seat) because they were afraid that I would not visit them often. Although I have other responsibilities, rest assured that the constituency will be well cared for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anwar won the seat in a parliamentary by-election on Oct 13, 2018, by defeating six other contenders with a 23,560-vote majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The by-election was held after the then incumbent Datuk Danyal Balagopal Abdullah, 68, vacated the seat on Sept 12 the same year to enable Anwar to return to Dewan Rakyat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the fourth by-election held within five months after the 14th GE on May 9, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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