PKR vice-president Amirudin Shari today denied having anything to do with a recently viralled list of candidates for the Selangor state assembly. He called it a lobbying move ahead of the state polls in August. 

He said Selangor PKR’s list of candidates would only be finalised in the PKR candidate committee meeting on July 16 and 17. 

“I do not know how these people knew of the list of candidates as each candidate selected has to be endorsed by the committee, which will only be meeting on July 16 and 17. 

“This is mere lobbying, which happens when an election approaches, but I emphatically denied the viral list,” he said. 

He made the comments after officiating a BizClub networking programme, BizMatch Mega 2.0, at Dewan Raja Muda Musa today.  

When asked about the number of seats that PKR Selangor will contest in this state election, Amirudin was tight-lipped and left it to the party’s top leaders to announce the matter. 

“I’m not in the position to reveal (the list of seats), the seats (of other parties) can only be revealed by the central leadership. Although I’m the vice president, I’m not in a position to explain, maybe Rafizi or Anwar can tell where the seats are,” he said. 

Amirudin, who is also Selangor Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman, earlier said the division of seats between PH and BN had been completed with more than 20% of the 56 state assembly seats to be represented by BN while the rest would be contested by PH candidates from PKR, DAP, and Amanah. 

In the 2018 general election, PH dominated Selangor by winning 51 seats, followed by BN and PAS with four and one seat respectively. 

The Election Commission has set state elections to be held simultaneously by Selangor, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Terengganu and Negri Sembilan on August 12, while nomination day is set for July 29 and early voting set for August 8. – Bernama, July 13, 2023.