TANGGA BATU: All Perikatan Nasional members have been instructed to vote for Barisan Nasional candidates in the Melaka election on Nov 14.
PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said the directive was aimed at ensuring a strong victory for the two coalitions in the state election.
“This is nothing new for PN. During the Johor election, we instructed our members to vote for PN in seats we contested and support BN against Pakatan Harapan in seats we did not contest.
“In Negri Sembilan, it was clear that we were working with Umno under the coalition arrangement there. Naturally, our members were required to support BN in all seats we did not contest.
“So this is nothing new in Melaka. I am merely reiterating the instructions given previously,” he said.
With only a few days left before the campaign ends, Takiyuddin said PN was confident of contributing several state seats to the coalition’s electoral performance.
“We see no major obstacles to achieving victory,” he said.
He was speaking after delivering a speech at the Blue Wave campaign ceramah for the Pantai Kundor state constituency in Tangga Batu here today.
Also present were Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, BN election director for Pantai Kundor Datuk Noor Azman Hassan and BN candidate for the seat, Datuk Tuminah Kadi.