PORT DICKSON, Feb 26 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak wants the Negri Sembilan Barisan Nasional to work harder and recapture the Telok Kemang parliamentary seat and three of the five state seats within it held by the Opposition.
The Prime Minister said the time had come for the voters in the constituencies to make a switch and enable the BN to manage the seats.
He was addressing the people at a Leader-with-the-People gathering at the Port Dickson District and Land Office Complex square here today.
The Opposition PKR won Telok Kemang in the 13th General Elections when its candidate, Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abbas, beat BN’s Datuk VS Mogan, the MIC national information chief, and independent candidate Kamarudin Kumaravel Abdullah with a majority of 1,579 votes.
The BN holds two of the five state seats within Telok Kemang, namely Bagan Pinang and Linggi. Chuah and Port Dickson are held by PKR while Lukut is with DAP.
Addressing about 10,000 people, Najib, who is BN chairman and Umno president, said he wanted the Negri Sembilan BN to achieve a two-thirds majority in the state legislative assembly in GE14.
“We now have 22 state seats. We want to win 24 or more … we want 26 or 27 seats. In his speech just now, Tok Mat (Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan) did not ask for anything. If you seek street lights and such, these can be included in the manifesto and if we (BN) win, much more development will be brought to Telok Kemang.
“Hopefully, BN will win here (Telok Kemang), in Negri Sembilan and everywhere else in the country,” he said.
Negri Sembilan has eight parliamentary seats, namely Rembau, Tampin, Jelebu, Kuala Pilah, Jempol, Seremban, Rasah and Telok Kemang, of which five — Rembau, Tampin, Jelebu, Kuala Pilah and Jempol — are held by BN while DAP holds Seremban and Rasah and PKR, Telok Kemang.
Negri Sembilan has 36 state seats, with BN holding 22; DAP, 11; and PKR, three. — Bernama
