SHAH ALAM: PKR wants Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun to be retained as the Negeri Sembilan Mentri Besar if the Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional alliance wins the state elections next month.

       PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this is because Aminuddin has shown satisfactory performance in leading Negeri Sembilan and had helped the people with various programmes.

       "This means there is no room for people to claim that the Mentri Besar is someone difficult to meet or unapproachable. In this regard, we have a leadership that has made us proud.

       "For Negeri Sembilan, I’ve yet to make any announcement (on the position of Mentri Besar), as talks on this with our other partners take a long time. However, we have conveyed our views to Umno president and Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi,” he said.

       Anwar was speaking at an event held in Section 7 here on Saturday (July 22) night to name the PKR candidates contesting in the state polls next month.

       Earlier, Anwar who is Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman announced that Aminuddin will defend his Sikamat seat in the polls.

       At the event, the prime minister also announced that Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari will defend the Sungai Tua seat.

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       Prior to this, Anwar announced that Amirudin would remain as the Mentri Besar if the Pakatan-Barisan alliance wins Selangor in the polls.

       Meanwhile, Anwar said that he welcomes DAP’s decision to retain Chow Kon Yeow as the Penang Chief Minister, adding that PKR feels that he had done a good job in developing the state.

       "He is very approachable, including with the Malays, and this far from the way how some are trying to portray DAP; we can see Chow's character and leadership for ourselves, how he is always working for all the races,” he said.

       Anwar also said that from reports received so far, the PH-BN alliance will be able to win Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Penang in the Aug 12 polls, but he also cautioned that this can only happen with hard work by the party machinery.

       "Last month, I said there is one more state that we can add (win), now I want to say we are close to wresting two, but on the condition we are really focused during our campaign,” he said.

       Anwar also announced that PKR will be contesting a total of 58 seats in the six state elections, with 20 seats in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan (six), Penang (13), Kedah (10), Kelantan (six) and Terengganu (three).

       The full list is as follows:

       SELANGOR (20 constituencies)

       N09 Permatang - Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri N10 Bukit Melawati - S. Thiban N11 Ijok - Amidi Abdul Manan N14 Rawang - Chua Wei Kiat N16 Sungai Tua - Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari N18 Hulu Kelang - Juwairiya Zulkifli N19 Bukit Antarabangsa - Mohd Kamri Kamaruddin N20 Lembah Jaya - Syed Ahmad Syed Abdul Rahman Alhadad (Altimet) N25 Kajang - David Cheong N32 Seri Setia - Fahmi Ngah N33 Taman Medan - Ahmad Akhir Pawan Chik N37 Bukit Lanjan - Phua Pei Lei N38 Paya Jaras - Khairuddin Othman N39 Kota Damansara - Aidi Amin Yazid N40 Kota Anggerik - Mohd Najwan Halimi N43 Sementa - Erni Afrishah Aziz N46 Pelabuhan Klang - Azmizam Zaman Huri N48 Sentosa - G. Gunarajah N49 Sungai Kandis - Zawawi Ahmad Mughni N54 Tanjong Sepat - Borhan Aman Shah

       NEGERI SEMBILAN (six constituencies)

       N13 Sikamat - Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun N14 Ampangan - Tengku Zamrah Tengku Sulaiman N18 Pilah - Nur Zunita Begum N20 Labu - Ismail Ahmad N29 Chuah - Yew Boon Lye N33 Sri Tanjung - Dr Rajasekaran

       PENANG (13 constituencies)

       N03 Pinang Tunggal - Zainuddin Mohd N06 Telok Ayer Tawar - Mohsin Md Sharif N10 Seberang Jaya - Johari Kassim N12 Penanti - Rohsidi Hussin N14 Machang Bubok - Lee Khai Loon N17 Bukit Tengah - Gooi Hsiao Leung N18 Bukit Tambun - Goh Choon Aik N20 Sungai Bakap - Norhidayah Che Ros N24 Kebun Bunga - Lee Boon Heung N35 Batu Uban - A. Kumaresan N36 Pantai Jerejak - Fahmi Zainol N37 Batu Maung - Prof Dr Mohd Abdul Hamid N39 Pulau Betong - Mohd Tuah Ismail

       KEDAH (10 constituencies)

       N2 Kuah - Ahmad Fauzi Che N6 Jitra - Sabrina Ahmad N10 Bukit Pinang - Datuk Hadzir Md Zain N12 Suka Menanti - Zamri Yusof N22 Gurun - Firdaus Johari N25 Bukit Selambau - R. Suntaraju N28 Bakar Arang - Loh Wee Chai N29 Sidam - Bau Wong Bau Ek N34 Lunas - Shamsul Anuar Abdullah N35 Kulim - Teh Lian Ong

       KELANTAN (six constituencies)

       N03 Pasir Pekan - Zaman Sahri Ibrahim N07 Panchor - Syed Alidustir Syed Md Zain N14 Chetok - Izzat Hanuzi N18 Pasir Tumboh - Naziratun Aini Md Sayuti N30 Limbongan - Dr Samsudin Abd Ghani N39 Mengkebang - Mohd Shukri Ishak

       TERENGGANU (three constituencies)

       N13 Wakaf Mempelam - Wan Mohd Haikal Wan Ghazali N22 Manir - Mohd Jusoh N27 Sura - Osman Umar Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election (P36) - Mohd Azan Ismail - Bernama