KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Forty per cent of the PAS candidates for the
next general election will be young people, said PAS Youth chief
Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi.
He said the names of the candidates, drawn from the Youth, women’s and ulama wings, had been sent to the PAS central committee.
“We (the Youth machinery) are 99 per cent ready. The young candidates
have been identified and have started campaigning in their respective
constituencies,” he told reporters here.
Nasrudin said PAS Youth felt that it was not necessary to postpone
the general election in view of the intrusion by Sulu militants in
Sabah.
“This is in accordance with the government’s statement that the
situation there (in Lahad Datu) is under control. We hope this will not
be cited as an excuse to postpone the general election,” he said. —
Bernama