PERIKATAN Nasional will announce its chief ministerial candidate after the Malacca election results are out, Wan Saiful Wan Jan said.

“Discussions about the CM candidate have taken place among the top leaders of PN but the name will only be announced after polling,” the Bersatu information chief said in a press conference at the Bersatu office in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, today.

He added that the coalition manifesto for the elections will be announced in the next few days. 

Wan Saiful said the primary task now is to make sure the candidates are able to reach out to the voters and outline their plans if they win.

He said PN would consider working with other parties if it fails to win a majority.

“We hope not to have to go through such a situation as it will make the state government very unstable,” he said.

Yesterday Pakatan Harapan (PH) named former Malacca chief minister Adly Zahari is its choice for chief minister should it win the state elections.

PH chairman Anwar Ibrahim said the decision was reached by consensus in the coalition.

Barisan Nasional meanwhile has named former chief minister Sulaiman Md Ali as its CM candidate.

PN, PH and BN are contesting in all 28 seats while Parti Perikatan India Muslim Nasional will stand in one seat and Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra), led by Ibrahim Ali, in five seats.

Eleven seats will see three candidates, nine seats four, five seats five, and three seats six.

Twenty-two Independent candidates will participate in the state polls on November 20.  – November 11, 2021.