Zambry: MIC Agrees To Swap Pasir Panjang Seat With Umno ?

IPOH, Dec 21 (Bernama) -- Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir confirmed that MIC would swap the Pasir Panjang state seat with Umno.

"It has already been agreed by MIC," he told reporters after chairing the weekly state executive council meeting at his office here, Wednesday.

However, he declined to disclose which of Umno's seats would be traded with MIC.

Before this, there had been calls by grassroot leaders for both parties to swap seats as Pasir Panjang is a predominantly-Malay area.

In the 2008 general election, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin of Pas defeated BN candidate Datuk Dr S. Vasan by a 4,474-vote majority.

Zambry also said that Perak BN had started identifying potential candidates for the coming 13th general election, and putting them on the ground.

"I think the areas concerned can already feel the presence of these new potential candidates," he added.

Zambry said the state BN had also laid out its plans and strategies to face the general election, with focus on seats which were lost marginally to the opposition as well as those traditionally belonging to BN.

On members of the Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia bringing down a flag bearing the image of the prime minister during a protest against the Universities and University Colleges Act recently, he said the student movement should apologise to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as the action was disrespectful and uncivilised.

"Although my stand is that students' freedom of expression should not be curtailed, their views should be constructive and expressed in a civil manner," he said.

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