With nominations just five days away for the Batang Ai by-election in Sarawak, PKR candidate Jawah Gerang is already expressing confidence about his chances of victory in the state seat on April 7.
“I have already covered several longhouses, met the voters there, heard what they have to say and have come away with the good feeling that past support is still intact - and that there is a new wave of support,” he told Malaysiakini by phone from Lubok Antu, about 250km south of Kuching.
“We are working very hard and I am confident we will win.”
He said Nicholas Bawin, the PKR director of elections, is working alongside other members of his group to cover some 150 longhouses in the Batang Ai area by road or river.
Jawah, 55, a Universiti Malaya economics graduate, was a bank officer before he became active in politics at the age of 33.
He won the Lubok Antu parliamentary seat five consecutive times, twice unopposed. On Monday, PKR de facto Anwar Ibrahim had named him for the Batang Ai contest.
“We are working very hard and I am confident we will win.”
He said Nicholas Bawin, the PKR director of elections, is working alongside other members of his group to cover some 150 longhouses in the Batang Ai area by road or river.
Jawah, 55, a Universiti Malaya economics graduate, was a bank officer before he became active in politics at the age of 33.He won the Lubok Antu parliamentary seat five consecutive times, twice unopposed. On Monday, PKR de facto Anwar Ibrahim had named him for the Batang Ai contest.
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