KUALA LUMPUR – Gombak Setia incumbent Muhammad Hilman Idham, who is defending the seat, said his political party does not determine his winning chances in the Selangor state election.
Hilman who is Selangor PN secretary said he did not win the seat in the 14th general election because of PKR, as a majority of the voters were not involved in any political parties.
“We have 93,000 voters in Gombak, that is a huge number, but (only) how many people are PKR members, BN members, or PN members?
“What’s important is we convince the whole of Rakyat, and the majority of the people will decide (their people’s representative),” he said.
Hilman said this when met by reporters at the nomination centre at SMK Sungai Pusu, Gombak.
He is facing two other opponents – BN’s Datuk Megat Zulkarnain Omardin and independent candidate Mohamed Salim Mohamed Ali.
The 34-year-old contested under the Pakatan Harapan ticket and won the Gombak Setia seat in 2018 with a majority of 12,399 votes against BN, but he left the party for Bersatu in 2020 with the then Bukit Antarabangsa assemblyman, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
He said his approach in this election will be to promote unity among the people, and he will continue being a people-friendly and caring leader to win the people’s hearts and secure the seat for PN. – July 29, 2023.