Do not belittle candidates of other parties, says PAS president
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MARANG, April 28 (Bernama) -- PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang rapped a Terengganu Pakatan Harapan leader for belittling Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Batu Buruk state seat in the 14th General Election (GE14).
Abdul Hadi, who is also the PAS candidate for the Marang parliamentary seat, said no one should belittle candidates of other political parties contesting in the GE14 as each one of them had their own strengths and advantages.
"We cannot look down on candidates of any party, each party will surely select a candidate (for GE14) who has his or her own strengths.
"All of them (GE14 candidates) have their own role and we advise PAS members not to belittle any of the candidates...some might be less educated than others but are able to provide better service to the people," he said after submitting his nomination papers for the GE14 at the nomination centre at Marang District Office here today.
Abdul Hadi said this in response to the statement by Terengganu Pakatan Harapan chairman Datuk Raja Kamarul Baharin Shah Raja Ahmad who said that BN had fielded a weak candidate in Batu Buruk to give an easy victory for PAS, which is represented by Abdul Hadi's son Muhammad Khalil.
Raja Kamarul Baharin Shah claimed that the BN candidate, Zamri Awang Hitam was not on the same level as Muhammad Khalil, who is PAS Youth chief, as he was not popular among the constituents.
Raja Kamarul Baharin Shah who will be defending the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat will also contest the Batu Buruk state seat on Amanah ticket.
-- BERNAMA
