Umno man blames MN chief for PN’s loss

Kedah Umno information chief Datuk Shaiful Hazizy Zainol Abidin put the blame of PN’s loss in the Nenggiri by-election solely on Muafakat Nasional chairman Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

Annuar is also Pas central committee member.

Shaiful said Annuar delivered PN’s worst performance in a by-election.

“Before this, although PN lost in by-elections like those in Pulai and Simpang Jeram, they managed to either maintain or improve their vote share. However, the opposite happened in Nenggiri.

“Based on yesterday’s results, PN’s vote share in that seat dropped from over 50 per cent last year to 38 per cent. PN failed to maintain, let alone improve, their vote share.

“This PN defeat should be attributed to the PN by-election operations director for Nenggiri, Annuar,” he said in a statement today.

He also took a jibe at the opposition coalition by suggesting that they maintain Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor as their election strategy director.

“With Sanusi as the director, voters in Nenggiri would have been more entertained by the ‘tall tales’ he shares during his campaign tours.

“Sanusi and his ‘stories’ have a strong track record with PN in previous by-elections, especially when compared to a director campaigning with a Louis Vuitton bag in Nenggiri,” he added.

BN’s Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghani won with a majority of 3372 votes over PN’s Rizwadi Ismail in the by-election yesterday.