KEMAMAN - The Barisan Nasional's (BN) victory in the recently concluded Pengkalan Kubor state by-election is a proof that the people's support for the coalition has grown stronger, Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said.
He said many believed that BN was facing a tough competition in the by-election when the opposition fielded a candidate from PAS, instead of from PKR as in the 13th general election.
In fact, there was a myth that PAS was stronger than PKR and it was proven wrong because PAS did not just lost, but lost by bigger margin, he said.
Ahmad Shabery, who is also Kemaman Umno deputy chief, said this to reporters after opening the Kemaman Umno divisional delegates' meeting here Saturday.
He said BN's victory in Pengkalan Kubor also sent a signal that the people had accepted the government's policies, including in the management of the economy that had benefitted them.
In the by-election that was held last Thursday, BN's Mat Razi Mat Ail, 48, won with a 2,635-vote majority after securing 9,961 votes to defeat PAS' Wan Rosdi Wan Ibrahim, 56, who garnered 7,326 votes and Independent Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary, 47, who only received 38 votes.
In the 13th general election, BN won the seat with a majority of 1,736 votes.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Shabery said the friction in the opposition pact was prominently visible, especially during the Selangor Menteri Besar crisis.
"I think it will get worse and the friction within PAS may escalate," he said, adding that PAS was also given a slap in the face when the number of its representatives in the new Selangor state executive council line-up was reduced to three from four previously. - BERNAMA
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