Melaka Wanita Umno chief denies giving way to new Pengkalan Batu candidate
Kalsom Noordin, an exco member, accepts the party’s decision but believes she should have been informed earlier out of respect for her position.
Melaka Wanita Umno chief Kalsom Noordin has denied that she allowed a new BN candidate to take her place in Pengkalan Batu for the upcoming state election. As a state executive council member, Kalsom claimed she was never consulted on the matter and there were no talks about handing over the BN candidate slot to Siti Aisyah Mahmood.
She stated that she was preoccupied with her exco duties and assumed she would be contesting for the seat. Kalsom accepted the party's decision to withdraw her as a candidate but wished she had been informed earlier. She found out she wouldn't be defending the seat during the candidate announcement on October 24. Kalsom, a one-term assemblyman, thanked the people of Pengkalan Batu for their support and appreciation during her time in office.
She was one of seven incumbent assemblymen dropped from BN's candidate list for the Melaka polls, alongside other former BN leaders. BN will now field Siti Aisyah Mahmood in Pengkalan Batu during the Nov 14 Melaka polls.
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