KUALA TERENGGANU: Maimun Yusof, fondly known as Tok Mun, has decided not to contest in the Kuala Terengganu by-election.
“Ku mboh, guane ini, pitih takdok, tokleh tanding doh (I don’t want, how, no money to contest),” she said yesterday.
Maimun, 89, who stood as an independent candidate in the March 8 general election, said she would however try to contest in the next general election, also as an independent.
Meanwhile, it was learnt that the state PAS was waiting for the final nod from the Majlis Syura (consultative council of religious scholar) before announcing the name of its candidate tomorrow for the Jan 17 by-election.
A party insider said yesterday that although the party’s central committee preferred a contender from the youth wing, the grassroots showed enthusiasm for Batu Burok assemblyman Dr Syed Azman Syed Ahmad Nawawi, a former lecturer of the International Islamic University, as the appropriate candidate for the parliamentary constituency.
The insider also said 90 enumerators assigned on an opinion poll by the party in three state constituencies – Batu Buruk, Wakaf Mempelam and Ladang - reported back that Dr Syed Azman was the favourite. On Sunday, PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said he would leave the matter of finalising the candidate to Terengganu PAS.
State PAS election machinery director Datuk Wan Muttalib Wan Embong said there was no truth to claims that PKR also wanted to decide on the candidate.
In George Town, MIC secretary-general Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said the party was confident the 570 votes from the Indian community in the constituency would go to Barisan Nasional.
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