NIBONG TEBAL, June 30 — The Selangor Pakatan Harapan machinery, which has been supporting the campaign for the Sungai Bakap by-election for the past week, is now focusing on engaging with former local leaders in the area.
Its chairman Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said that meeting with former local leaders who still had influence, including former village heads and council members, would help the election machinery attract voter support for the Unity Government candidate.
“There has been positive movement (from this approach) so far, but it is still too early (to say definitively). There is still much work to be done.
“We are focusing on the networks we have at the state, Federal, and Unity Government (component party) levels to connect with the voters,” he told the press after the ‘Ziarah Kasih Bersama Pemimpin Berpengaruh’ programme in Sungai Duri today.
Amirudin believes that by using the Selangor Pakatan machinery’s strategy, as done in the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election last May, a ‘clear signal’ would be seen two or three days before polling day.
He added that Selangor’s Pakatan machinery is fully prepared, having been entrusted with overseeing the Puteri Gunung and Sungai Duri polling districts.
“The Selangor state team here is rotated regularly. The rotation involves no less than 300 machinery members.
“We are focusing on how we from the Unity Government, namely Pakatan and Barisan Nasional can reach out to these voters so they can come out in full force on polling day,” Amirudin said.
The Sungai Bakap by-election on July 6 will see a straight contest between Pakatan’s Joohari Ariffin and Perikatan Nasional candidate Abidin Ismail.
The by-election is being held following the death of its incumbent Nor Zamri Latiff on May 24 from stomach inflammation.
— Bernama
