Wednesday November 18, 2009
Syed Husin named for senatorship
SHAH ALAM: PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali has been nominated as a senator to represent Selangor.
Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim forwarded Syed Husin’s name for a vote to the State Assembly yesterday, with 32 agreeing and three objecting. Twenty assemblymen were not present when the vote was taken.
Another candidate is lecturer and Petaling Jaya Municipal Councillor S. Ramakrishnan Suppiah, 53, from the DAP, whose nomination had 32 votes in favour and two objections.
V. Ganabatirao, a former member of Hindraf, was originally named to represent Selangor with the backing of DAP assemblymen but was dropped.
Selangor’s two senate seat allocation will be vacant after the terms of Datuk Ikhwan Salim Sujak and Datuk Yip Kum Fook end on Dec 6.
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