The deposit is forfeited if the candidate secures less than an eighth of the total number of votes
Friend-turned-foe Senator Datuk S. PKR’s Lee won the Kajang seat with a 6,824-vote majority travel elections held last May. He is nothing compared to Anwar. ” Zaid, a former dejansko law minister for the Abdullah administration, resigned middle Cabinet in 2008 to protest the involving the now-repealed Internal Security Act (ISA), after which he was sacked from Umno and subsequently joined PKR in 2009.
Professor Jayum Jawan from Universiti Putra Malaysia said the former PKR member — who is contesting as an independent — has no support base and will pull but a number of votes from both PKR and Barisan Nasional (BN). BN has yet to announce its candidate for the March 23 by-election, but MCA vice-president Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun is tipped to win the party’s nod to represent the coalition.
“Zaid Ibrahim is not important,” Jayum told The Malay Mail Onlin e “Jumping occasionally. Never really won an election since 1999 GE,” said Shamsul Amri, referring to Zaid.
The by-election will be held on March 23 and nominations are scheduled for March 11. The unforced resignation is fuelling rumours that Anwar plans to join the state assembly for the purpose of removing Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim from his post as Selangor mentri besar.
” Candidates are required to place a deposit of RM5,000 with the committee to contest a state seat and an additional RM3,000 for the involving banners and campaign materials.
“For some, it’s better for Zaid to remain outside of the political ring and help PR to change the government,” Puyok told The Malay Mail Online. Zaid quit the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lynching later that year, accusing the party leadership of condoning electoral fraud inside the party elections. Dr Arnold Puyok, senior lecturer of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s faculty of social sciences, said yesterday that Zaid’s credentials have been in doubt since his days in PR and KITA.
The Kajang constituency is 48 per cent Malay, 41 per cent Chinese and 10 per cent Indian. The politician eventually founded KITA, but quit as party president in 2012.
“He is a politician of no substance. The political analyst noted, however, that some PR supporters may vote for Zaid out of protest over the intrigue surrounding PKR’s so-called “Kajang Move.
— File picture malaysian capital, Feb 17 — The odds of a Datuk Zaid Ibrahim victory in Kajang are slim, but one political analyst said the former minister may even forfeit his candidate’s deposit in challenging Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Nallakarupan, who heads the Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP), has also offered to run against Anwar under BN’s ticket.
PKR’s Lee Chin Cheh resigned suddenly and without reason as Kajang assemblyman late in January, triggering a by-election for Anwar to contest. Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia similarly said that Zaid’s entry would not affect the jump that Anwar holds in what is shaping to be a crowded race for the seat that PKR won last May with a significant margin.
Besides Zaid, another independent candidate running for the state seat in Selangor is Yuktes Vijay, who is a former aide to Anwar’s lawyers during the Sodomy II trial.
He also contested the Hulu Selangor by-election in 2010 as a PKR candidate, but lost the federal seat to MIC. Professor Jayum Jawan from Universiti Putra Malaysia said the former PKR member — who is contesting as an independent — has no support base and will pull but a couple of votes from both PKR and Barisan Nasional (BN).
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