Sunday, February 28, 2010

No snap election in Perak, says Ahmad Husni


Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah today denied rumours of a snap election to be held in the state in September.

He said no instruction was also received by BN component parties in Perak to submit their respective lists of candidates in preparation for the election.

Ahmad Husni, who is also BN and UMNO treasurer, said that as the state BN chairman, he would have been informed if the election was to be held in Perak.

“The national-level BN held its meeting about two weeks ago, followed by UMNO last week and then Perak BN. There was no discussion at all on the snap election,” he told reporters after a function at Dewan Merdeka here today.

Rumours of a snap election in Perak have been circulating after a deputy president of a BN component party is said to have submitted the list of the party’s election candidates to Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir yesterday.

A source from the party also claimed that the snap election would be held in September.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Husni, who is Second Finance Minister, dismissed fear by some Malay non-governmental organisations that the new economic model to be implemented by the government could result in the Bumiputera to continue to be left behind economically.

He said the government had taken into account the interests of all quarters when planning the new economic model.

“The government will not set aside any race. Everybody will benefit from the implementation of the new economic model,” he added.

He said the new economic model would be tabled once again to the Cabinet next month for fine tuning. — Bernama

1 comment:

Chauncey Gardener said...

Of course there won't be any State elections in Perak anytime in the near future ... the BN aren't willing enough to put themselves on the chopping blcok after the 'coup' that has taken place.

What I didn't hear Ahamad Husni say is that the BN is ready for election anytime - the usual bravado put forward.