MELAKA: A first-time candidate who spent nearly two decades as a civil servant believes he can unseat a former chief minister in Bukit Katil, a seat that was decided by just 1,057 votes last time.<\/p>\n
Perikatan Nasional’s Muhammad Ridzuan Mohd Sarif, 42, said the warm reception he had received from voters had buoyed his first election campaign. <\/p>\n
The PAS candidate said he had visited night markets and housing estates across the constituency, including Taman Sin Hoe in Bukit Baru here, where he met Chinese and Indian voters.<\/p>\n
“I may not get their full support, but I will keep reaching out to them,” he said when met at the Melaka PAS headquarters in Semabok here on Tuesday (Nov 10)<\/p>\n
He expects a tough fight against incumbent Adly Zahari, who is seeking a third term for Pakatan Harapan in a four-cornered contest. Also in the race are Parti Bersama Malaysia’s Dr Aliza Che Amran and independent candidate Abu Bakar Sabudin.<\/p>\n
Adly first won Bukit Katil in 2018 and retained it in the 2021 state election.<\/p>\n
Ridzuan said Perikatan and Barisan Nasional campaign workers had been canvassing together from morning until late at night. <\/p>\n
One task, he said, was to explain to long-time Barisan supporters, who are used to voting for the scales symbol, that he would appear on the ballot paper under Perikatan’s logo.<\/p>\n
Ridzuan’s last post in the civil service was senior assistant director and chief environmental health officer at the Melaka Health Department.
\n He said he had also been active in non-governmental organisations since his university days.<\/p>\n
Ridzuan noted that flash floods and poorly maintained drains were the issues voters raised most often. <\/p>\n
If elected, he would make both a priority and work with the relevant agencies to address them.<\/p>\n
Bukit Katil constituency was known as Bukit Baru before the Election Commission’s 2018 electoral boundary review.<\/p>\n
PAS won its first Melaka state seat there in the 2013 general election, when Dr Md Khalid Kassim secured the seat then<\/p>\n
Polling day for the Melaka state election is on Nov 14. -TSOL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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