MARANG: PAS will field an aerospace expert in the Ru Rendang state seat, which has been held by PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang since 1986.
Prof Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, who is Abdul Hadi’s political secretary, was unveiled as PAS’ choice in the stronghold seat for GE14 at a ceremony here in Rusila Thursday (April 19) night.
Dr Ahmad Samsuri, who is also PAS election director, was the former head of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Aerospace Department and had often been sought for his views on the missing MH370 aviation mystery.
Abdul Hadi will only defend his Marang parliamentary seat in this election.
Muhammad Khalil, who is Abdul Hadi’s son, will make his election debut as the candidate for the Batu Buruk state seat, which is held by PAS.
The PAS Youth chief received among the loudest cheers from the thousands of supporters when state PAS commissioner Datuk Hussin Awang announced his candidacy.
PAS will contest all eight parliamentary and 32 state seats in Terengganu.
Nearly half of the 40 candidates are new faces.
In GE14, PAS won 14 out of 32 state seats and four out of eight parliamentary seats in Terengganu, when they were part of the now defunct Pakatan Rakyat coalition.-thestar
