Pn Candidate Says Zahid Verdict Will Boost His Chances In Pulai

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JOHOR BY-ELECTIONS | Perikatan Nasional Pulai candidate Zulkifli Jaafar said the Kuala Lumpur High Court verdict in favour of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will offer an added boost for his own campaign in the parliament seat.
He said it is likely the Umno president’s discharge not amounting to an acquittal from his corruption case involving millions of ringgit from Yayasan Akalbudi will impact voters' decisions come polling day on Sept 9.
"That (impact) may happen because people are now wiser to evaluate.
"Sometimes there is no use for us to talk a lot because the people can think. They can determine what is good and bad," said the Pulai Bersatu deputy division chief.
"That is why I don't bring up anything negative about my opponents from the start. I just tell people about myself," he said on day eleven of campaigning in Kempas, one of two state seats in Pulai.
Zulkifli said this when asked whether voters would be angered by the High Court verdict and perceive it as one that would restore Zahid's reputation and secure his position.
This morning, the Kuala Lumpur High Court granted the DNAA sought by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar.
Ahmad Zahid HamidiDNAA allows Zahid to be charged again if prosecutors wish to revisit the matter.
Meanwhile, Zulkifli reserved comments on PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin's remarks that it would be "haram" to vote for his opponent, Suhaizan Kaiat.
Zulkifli also refused to consider whether Muhyiddin had been joking during the ceramah in Kempas on Saturday, saying: "I didn't notice how he said it..."
Last night, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in his address to over 1,000 Harapan-BN supporters in Pulai, took Muhyiddin to task for his remarks against Suhaizan. - Mkini

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