Pkr Muda Stalemate Persists At 11th Hour

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JOHOR POLLS | The deadlock between PKR and Muda remain unresolved hours before PKR is set to announce the party’s candidates for the Johor state election.
A senior central PKR leader, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Malaysiakini that they were unable to move forward with the negotiations.
"To date, there has been no progress in the negotiations.
"There are no new updates so PKR will make its decision tomorrow (today)," he told Malaysiakini last night.
Both PKR and Muda leaders at the state level yesterday said they have surrendered the matter to the central leadership to salvage the negotiations.
Pakatan Harapan had divided the 56 seats in Johor among themselves, with 20 for PKR, 20 for Amanah and 16 for DAP.
After this, the component parties were required to reach, separately, their own deals with Muda, which is also looking to contest in the state polls.
Amanah and DAP had on Feb 9 concluded their negotiations with Muda, giving the youth-based party a total of six seats to contest, with four coming from Amanah and two from DAP.
As for PKR, the party agreed to give Muda three constituencies but the two parties were not able to come to an agreement on the specific seats.
PKR will announce their candidates in three batches today.
The candidates for the southern region will be announced in Johor Bharu at 11.30am involving the seats of Larkin, Kempas, Bukit Batu, Johor Lama, Tanjung Surat, Tiram, Pasir Raja and Layang-Layang.
Larkin is one of the seats sought by Muda but PKR is reluctant to give up. The other seat Muda sought is Gambir in northern Johor.
PKR is only willing to give up the Umno strongholds of Sri Medan, Semarang and Benut.
PKR is expected to announce its second batch of leaders at 6pm involving the seats of Rengit, Tenggaroh, Benut, Kukup and Semarang in central Johor.
It will cap off the day with another seven candidate for northern Johor at 9pm for the seats of Semerah, Bukit Naning, Gambir, Sungai Balang, Buloh Kasap, Sri Medan and Pemanis. - Mkini

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