THE Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) manifesto for the general election will focus on four main issues: food security, education, housing and people’s health, according to chairman Saarani Mohamad.

He said the coalition is also looking at five efforts and 75 initiatives outlined to support the coalition’s objective of stability for prosperity.

“The five efforts outlined are political stability, leadership and administration with integrity and efficiency, economic well-being, social prosperity, and youth empowerment,” he said in Ipoh last night.

He added that, after governing the state for almost two years, BN has drawn up and implemented the Prosperous Perak 2030 plan, which outlines efforts to redevelop the state after the Covid-19 pandemic, and prepares Perak to face economic and social challenges in future.

Therefore, he said the manifesto is a continuation of the efforts that had been pioneered from Perak BN’s commitment to ensure the success of its plans for the benefit of all strata of society, regardless of racial and religious backgrounds.

“The Perak BN manifesto was not mapped out merely for the election, but based on meticulous studies of the ideas, views and hopes from all levels of Perak residents who want a prosperous state,” he said.

In the meantime, he said Perak BN pledged to introduce several initiatives to ensure political stability is maintained, including ensuring that the anti-party hopping enactment is brought to the state assembly in line with the bill at federal level.

“If it succeeds in getting a two-thirds mandate, Perak BN will try to amend the state’s Constitutional Enactment to appoint additional assemblymen from minority groups and youth,” he said.

He said Perak BN will also continue to make fair and equitable allocations to all assembly constituencies to ensure the people’s interests are protected, with integrity and efficient leadership and administration. – Bernama, November 9, 2022.