KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 - Senior political adviser to the prime minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz has proposed he be allowed to contest a seat in Selangor in the 16th General Election (GE16).
He said he submitted the proposal to Parti Keadilan Rakyat leaders for consideration and approval by party president, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“I have put forth a proposal that, should there be an election, particularly a general election, I be given the opportunity to contest in Selangor, but no final decision has been made,” Tengku Zafrul told reporters after attending the Yayasan TZA Appreciation Ceremony here today.
The Keadilan Ampang division member said he does not have a preferred constituency in mind and would leave it to the party to decide whether to field him in an available parliamentary seat.
“As a party member and a member of the Ampang division, I spend a great deal of time in Ampang, Pandan and several other areas where I have been asked to assist.
“In Pandan, there is a vacancy as there is currently no MP, and I have also been asked to monitor developments in Ampang as the party’s representative,” he said.
On May 30 last year, Tengku Zafrul, who previously contested the Kuala Selangor parliamentary seat under a Barisan Nasional (BN) ticket in GE15, announced his resignation from UMNO and subsequently joined Keadilan.
Keadilan vice-president, Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari, later announced Tengku Zafrul’s appointment as Keadilan monitoring officer for the Pandan and Ampang parliamentary constituencies, in line with the party’s move to designate Pandan as a special constituency under Anwar’s supervision.
The Pandan seat fell vacant after former economy minister Rafizi Ramli announced his departure from Keadilan.
