Mukhriz says Hulu Selangor is about Zaid vs Dr M

Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir urged Hulu Selangor voters today to vote Barisan Nasional (BN) if they supported his father Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The deputy minister was responding to PKR candidate Datuk Zaid Ibrahim's comments to The Malaysian Insider that a vote for the MIC candidate would be “like giving Mahathir another chance”.

The former law minister said the 64,500 voters should choose someone who understands their problems and also articulate their voice in Parliament.

“Enough is enough. How many times was that? It’s been 18 years. It’s like giving Mahathir another chance, for instance. You’ve had 22 years, that’s enough,” the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) ideologue told The Malaysian Insider in an interview yesterday.

Mukhriz rose to his father's defence today.

He said that Hulu Selangor voters should make Zaid eat his own words by voting for BN and his father's policies.

Mukhriz said that his father still had significant support in Hulu Selangor because of his contribution to the constituency.

“I have been to Hulu Selangor and the reception I received was very good and I feel that good reception was because of the sense of gratitude that was shown by the people of Selangor to what my father has contributed all this while,” he told reporters in Parliament.

He said that Hulu Selangor voters should show their gratitude to the former PM by voting for MIC’s candidate in the by-election.

“So if they feel grateful to Tun then I agree with Zaid that they show their gratitude by voting Barisan Nasional’s candidate. So let me show Zaid Ibrahim that his statement will hit him back on his face,” he added.

The Hulu Selangor by-election was called following the death of PKR MP Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad late last month.

In Election 2008, Zainal, the former Selangor deputy mentri besar, defeated MIC deputy president Datuk G.Palanivel by a slim majority of 198 votes.

Zainal who joined PKR in 2005 obtained 23,177 votes while Palanivel received 22,979 votes.

There are 64,500 voters in Hulu Selangor, with the Malays making up 52.7 per cent of the total while the Chinese constitute 26.3 per cent, Indians approximately 19 per cent and other races at 1.7 per cent.

Yesterday evening, PKR and PR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced Zaid as the PKR candidate.



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still had significant support in Hulu Selangor because of his contribution to the constituency.????..pls mukhriz - BN's icon is PM Najib not former PM TM. I do not see that he can bring in votes - just let bygones be bygones - place like hulu selangor - rural n semi rural want more bread and butter - soru - in tamil ... dont go there and talk about your father's contribution n make a mocery out of BN ... looks like you are a raw political material - ask yr dad he will agree with me !!