NEGRI Sembilan Amanah wants to contest the Lenggeng seat in the August 12 state election. 

Its chairman, MK Ibrahim Abd Rahman, said it should contest the Lenggeng seat that it won in the 2018 general election to ensure fairness. 

He said the party’s National Leadership Committee meeting on July 13 had announced the candidates for all the seats that Amanah would contest, including Lenggeng. 

“As long as the presidential council has not decided, we will do our best to keep the seat. I am in contact with the Amanah president (Mohamad Sabu) daily, and the top leadership is in line with our suggestion (defending the Lenggeng seat),” he told the press today. 

He hoped that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Presidential Council would consider the matter together with the decision made by the state Amanah. 

Recently, Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan reportedly said Barisan Nasional (BN) would contest 17 state seats including Lenggeng, even though MK Ibrahim had announced earlier that Amanah would contest in Lenggeng, Paroi, and Klawang. 

In the 2018 general election, PH won 20 seats – DAP (11 seats), PKR (six) and Amanah (three) – while BN won 16 seats – Umno (15) and MIC (one). – Bernama, July 19, 2023.