SHAH ALAM: PKR vice-president Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari has denied the list of candidates for the Selangor state assembly, which went viral on social media recently, and described it as a move to lobby ahead of the state polls next month.
He said Selangor PKR’s list of candidates will only be finalised at the PKR committee meeting on July 16 and 17.
"I do not know how these people knew of the list of candidates as each candidate selected has to be endorsed by the committee which will only be meeting on July 16 and 17.
"This is mere lobbying which happens when an election approaches but I emphatically denied the viral list,” he said.
He said this after launching the BizClub networking programme, BizMatch Mega 2.0 at Dewan Raja Muda Musa, here today (July 13).
When asked about the number of seats that Selangor PKR will contest in the state election, Amirudin was tight-lipped and left it to the party’s top leaders to announce the matter.
"I'm not in the position to reveal (the list of seats), the seats can only be revealed by the central leadership. Although I'm the vice-president, I'm not in a position to explain, maybe Rafizi (PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli) or Anwar (PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) can do so," he said.
Amirudin, who is also Selangor Pakatan Harapan chairman, earlier said that the division of seats between Pakatan and Barisan has been completed with more than 20% of the 56 state assembly seats will be represented by Barisan while the rest will be contested by Pakatan candidates from PKR, DAP and Amanah.
In GE14, Pakatan dominated Selangor by winning 51 seats, followed by Barisan and PAS with four and one seat, respectively.
The Election Commission has set the state elections in Selangor, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Terengganu and Negri Sembilan on Aug 12 while nomination is on July 29 and early voting on Aug 8. - Bernama
