TAMBUN incumbent Ahmad Faizal Azumu said that as a local in the parliamentary constituency, he holds many advantages to “take care” of voters there compared with an “outsider”. 

“I am indeed a Tambun native and even after GE15 ends, whether I win or not I will still be there but we welcome anyone who wants to contest the seat. 

“Certainly being a local candidate gives me an advantage because since 2018, I have spent a lot of time in Tambun and been close to the people because I take care of Tambun,” he told Bernama. 

In the 2018 general election (GE), Faizal, who contested on the Pakatan Harapan (PH) ticket using the PKR logo, won the Tambun seat in a three-cornered clash against Barisan Nasional and PAS candidates, after garnering 38,661 votes, giving him a majority of 5,320 votes.

Faizal, who is now Bersatu deputy president and also Perak Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman, said the strategy of choosing local candidates is expected to bear fruit because candidates native to a constituency have always been with the people.

“It is certain that we in PN will present candidates from all members in PN (for state seats under the Tambun constituency); let’s wait for the announcement that will be made soon on who will be my partners in the Tambun seat,” he added.

On Thursday, PH chairman and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim had announced that he will be contesting the Tambun seat in the GE, the nomination of which is on November 5 with polling on November 19. – October 22, 2022.