Melaka polls: Pakatan eyes more seats beyond defending incumbents, says Fahmi

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) aims to retain its existing seats and targets to wrest potentially winnable seats in the Melaka state election, said PH communications director Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil.

The communications minister said the matter was among those discussed at the PH presidential council meeting held yesterday evening to fine-tune preparations for the coalition’s election machinery.

“Our baseline is the seats we want to retain. At the same time, we are looking for opportunities to wrest several seats. If our efforts and strategies are properly executed, it is not impossible for us to bring about a change.

“We have our targets, but we are realistic and understand the situation. Nevertheless, we see several factors that could enable the seats we are targeting to swing to Pakatan Harapan,” he told reporters after the presentation of the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency Deepavali contributions here last night.

On preparations by the election machinery, Fahmi said the Presidential Council had been briefed by Melaka PH chairman Adly Zahari and Melaka PKR State Leadership Council (MPN) acting chairman Adam Adli Abdul Halim on the state-level readiness.

“As for the candidates announced recently, I can see that they are continuing their groundwork, and we believe that by the nomination day on October 31, Insya-Allah, PH candidates will be ready to face those contesting in the Melaka state election,” he said.

Apart from the Melaka state polls, he said the PH Presidential Council meeting was also briefed on the dissolution of the Sarawak state legislative assembly and several initiatives for the implementation of government reforms.

Meanwhile, on facilities for media personnel covering the Melaka state polls, Fahmi said a main media centre operated by the Information Department would begin operations from October 30 to November 14 at Hotel Mudzaffar, Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC), Ayer Keroh. — Bernama

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吉隆坡，10月28日——希盟通讯总监拿督斯里法赫米法兹尔表示，希盟的目标是保留现有席位，并目标是在马六甲州选举中争夺可能赢得的席位。

通讯部长表示，此事是昨晚举行的希望联盟主席理事会会议上讨论的议题之一，会议旨在完善联盟选举机制的准备工作。

“我们的底线是我们想要保住的席位。与此同时，我们也在寻找机会赢得更多席位。如果我们的努力和策略执行得当，我们并非不可能带来改变。”

“我们有自己的目标，但我们也很务实，了解形势。尽管如此，我们看到一些因素可能会使我们瞄准的席位倒向希望联盟，”他昨晚在班底谷国会选区屠妖节捐款提交仪式后告诉记者。

关于选举机制的准备工作，法米表示，马六甲希望联盟主席阿德利·扎哈里和马六甲人民公正党州领导委员会代理主席亚当·阿德利·阿卜杜勒·哈利姆已向总统理事会汇报了州级准备情况。

“至于最近公布的候选人，我可以看到他们正在继续进行前期准备工作，我们相信，到10月31日提名日，如果真主保佑，希望联盟的候选人将准备好与那些参加马六甲州选举的候选人一决高下，”他说。

除了马六甲州选举之外，他还表示，希望联盟主席理事会会议还听取了有关解散砂拉越州立法议会和实施政府改革的几项举措的简报。

与此同时，关于报道马六甲州选举的媒体人员设施，法米表示，新闻部运营的主要媒体中心将于10月30日至11月14日在马六甲国际贸易中心（MITC）的穆扎法尔酒店（Hotel Mudzaffar）投入使用。——马新社

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