Ensure PH wins, no matter the party, Mat Sabu tells Amanah

PETALING JAYA: Amanah president Mohamad Sabu has called for the party’s machinery and members to work together and ensure a win for all Pakatan Harapan candidates at the upcoming Johor polls.

Mohamad, better known as Mat Sabu, said it would be to PH’s detriment if members abandoned their allies on the campaign trail.

“Whether the candidate is from Amanah, DAP or PKR, it is our duty to ensure the win, so we all win.

“Let us not adopt this approach of only working for ourselves and leaving our allies to fend for themselves, lest we risk losing one or two seats that could prevent us from realising our goal to form the state government,” he said when launching the Johor Amanah machinery last night.

Mohamad’s comments come in the wake of a tussle for the Puteri Wangsa seat between Amanah and PKR.

The state seat became a point of contention after Muda parted ways with PH, with Amanah then signalling its intention to reclaim the constituency it had “lent” to the party in the last state polls in March 2022.

However, Johor PKR vice-chairman Jimmy Puah said his party would represent PH in Puteri Wangsa.

Earlier, Amanah secretary-general Faiz Fadzil said the party will accept any decision on seat allocations for the polls, even if the Puteri Wangsa state seat is assigned to PKR.

Mohamad went on to say that whatever differences the party had with its allies would be ironed out on Monday, when PH chairman Anwar Ibrahim is expected to announce the coalition’s candidates.

“After that we will move as a team,” he said.

Separately, Johor Amanah chief Aminolhuda Hassan said the party will will field more fresh faces, including youth and women candidates, at the polls.

He said out of the 19 seats the party will contest, only six or seven of the candidates are those who have contested in the polls before.

“The rest are fresh faces, with half of them youth candidates.”

Nomination day for the Johor election is June 27, with early voting on July 7 and polling day set for July 11.