FIVE Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidates from Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) who will be contesting in the Malacca elections on November 20 have signed their statutory declarations (SD), Gerakan president Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai said.

They are B. Dhanesh, who will be contesting the Asahan state seat; Michael Gan Peng Lam (Ayer Keroh); Clarice Chan Ming Wang (Banda Hilir), Fong Khai Ling (Kota Laksamana) and Patrick Ng Chin Kae (Kesidang), he said, adding that the party was asking all its candidates to sign SDs to ensure the candidates would remain with the party should they win.

“We are taking this action to earn the public’s confidence and trust, especially voters in areas Gerakan is contesting in,” he said during a hybrid media conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

The Election Commission (EC) has set November 20 as the polling day for the Malacca elections, and November 8 as nomination day. Early voting will take place on November 16.

The state elections have been called following the dissolution of the state legislative assembly on October 4 after four assemblymen, Idris Haron (Sg Udang), Nor Azman Hassan (Pantai Kundor), Norhizam Hassan Baktee (Pengkalan Batu) and Noor Effandi Ahmad (Telok Mas), withdrew their support for Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali. – Bernama, November 7, 2021.