Johor Umno to assist election campaign in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Terengganu

Johor Umno will be mobilising its machinery to Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Terengganu to assist in the elections to be held in the three states. 

Johor Umno liaison committee chairman Mohamed Khaled Nordin said this was not only to reciprocate the assistance of other states which had helped Johor Umno when the state held its election in March last year, but also to share the struggle to ensure success for the party in these state elections.

"We have discussed assigning the roles of each division for the state polls in the six states. Johor Umno will be involved in the state seats located in 11 parliamentary constituencies in Selangor, six constituencies in Negeri Sembilan and three constituencies in Terengganu," he told reporters in Johor Bahru yesterday. 

Khaled, who is the higher education minister, said the Johor Umno machinery deployed to the state elections would also lend a hand to the partners of the coalition government. 

On June 30, Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was reported as saying that BN was expected to contest 45% of the 245 state assembly seats in the six states while the rest would be contested by Pakatan Harapan.

Meanwhile, Khaled said that a race-based party like Umno should not be rejected as in the government, it is more about the cooperation of all races.