PH will be BN’s main rival in Johor, says Umno veep

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JOHOR BAHRU: Pakatan Harapan, rather than Bersatu, will be Barisan National’s main challenger in the coming Johor state elections, says Umno vice-president Khaled Nordin.

Khaled said Bersatu did not have the structure and mechanism of a grassroots party despite its president Muhyiddin Yassin having previously been in Umno.

“Perhaps this is why Muhyiddin is not contesting this round,” he told FMT.

“For Umno, the strongest challenge will be from PH. However, I believe Bersatu leaders who are in the government will use all their resources to compete against us in the state elections,” he said.

Khaled said Umno and BN were confident of their chances because of PH’s failure to govern the state well for 22 months, pointing out that it had changed its menteri besar twice in that period.


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