Headlining the PH ceramah are (from left) BN chairman and Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli and Amanah president Mohamad Sabu.
KULIM: Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will be giving a ceramah here tonight in support of Pakatan Harapan’s candidate for the Padang Serai parliamentary election, Sofee Razak.
Sharing the stage with the Umno president and newly appointed deputy prime minister will be PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli and Amanah president Mohamad Sabu.
Zahid’s attendance at the PH ceramah will be his first since the formation of the unity government by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, which includes BN.
PH secretary general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Kedah PH chairman Mahfuz Omar, Kedah BN chairman Jamil Khir Baharom and BN’s former Padang Serai candidate C Sivaraj will also be making an appearance at the ceramah.
Sivaraj, who is also an MIC vice-president, suspended his campaign on Friday to back Sofee. This move was made by BN to reciprocate PH’s earlier decision to make way for it in the Tioman state seat.
Sofee will face a three-cornered fight against Perikatan Nasional’s Azman Nasruddin and independent candidate Ananda AK.
The Padang Serai election was deferred to Dec 7 when PH candidate M Karupaiya died three days before the Nov 19 general election.
