FORMER Lendu assemblyman Sulaiman Md Ali is Barisan Nasional’s sole candidate for the post of Malacca chief minister if the coalition wins the state elections, said BN adviser Najib Razak.

He dismissed talk that Malacca BN and Umno chief Abd Rauf Yusoh was also in the running for the post.

BN is fielding Rauf in the Tanjung Bidara state seat. He filed his nomination papers for candidacy this morning.

“We have determined that it will be Sulaiman only (for chief minister),” he told reporters at the nomination centre in Tanjung Bidara today.

BN will contest in all 28 seats, entering into multi-cornered fights involving Perikatan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan and others.

The Election Commission has set November 20 for polling and November 16 for early voting.

The Malacca assembly was dissolved on October 4 after four assemblymen – Idris Haron (Sg Udang-BN), Nor Azman Hassan (Pantai Kundor-BN), Norhizam Hassan Baktee (Pengkalan Batu-Ind) and Noor Effandi Ahmad (Telok Mas-Bersatu) – withdrew their support for Sulaiman. – November 8, 2021.