State polls: Penang PN fields three former assemblymen

By MOHD ISKANDAR OTHMAN

27 Jul 2023 09:35am

Former PN assemblymen Zulkifli (left), Khaliq (centre) and Yusni (right) who previously won in GE14 are being fielded to defend their seats for the upcoming state election.

KEPALA BATAS - Three former Penang Perikatan Nasional (PN) assemblymen who previously won in the 14th general election (GE14) are being fielded to defend their seats for the upcoming state election.

They consisted of the Penaga state seat incumbent Mohd Yusni Mat Piah from Pas, Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq (Bertam) and Zulkifli Ibrahim (Sungai Acheh) both from Bersatu.

The announcement was made by Bersatu vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee during a ceremony held at the Penang Pas Headquarters in Pongsu Seribu, here on Wednesday.

Also present were Pas vice-president Datuk Idris Ahmad and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) president Datuk Dr Dominic Lau.

Others who were named as candidates for the Penang state election were Penang Pas commissioner Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff who would contest in the Sungai Dua state assembly, Gerakan deputy president and Penang Gerakan chairman Oh Tong Keong who will contest in the Pantai Jerejak state assembly and Penang Bersatu state leadership council chief Zulkifli Bakar who will be contesting in the Penanti state assembly.

The list distributed to the media showed that Lau will be contesting in the Bayan Lepas state seat, but Kiandee did not mention the details during the announcement.

Also named as a candidate in the election was Permatang Pauh Bersatu Armada chief Izhar Shah Arif Shah who will contest in the Seberang Jaya state assembly.

Izhar was the son of former Seberang Jaya assemblyman from Barisan Nasional Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah who held the seat for two terms from 2004 to 2013.

Gerakan has fielded 19 new and old faces in the Penang state election and Bersatu fielded 11 candidates while there will be 10 represenatives from Pas from the Pas Supporters Assembly Hall (DHPP).

The list of candidates contesting in the Penang state election:

1. Penaga: Yusni Mat Piah

2. Bertam: Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq

3. Pinang Tunggal: Bukhori Ghazali

4. Permatang Berangan: Sobri Salleh

5. Sungai Dua: Fauzi Yusof

6. Telok Ayer Tawar: Azmi Alang

7. Sungai Puyu: Teoh Chin Siang

8. Bagan Jermal: Ong Chuan Jin

9. Bagan Dalam: K Jayaraman

10. Seberang Jaya: Izar Shah Ariff Shah

11. Permatang Pasir: Amir Hamzah