TAIPING, March 23 (Bernama) - Former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin will be PAS' candidate for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary by-election, polling of which will be held on April 7.
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang made the announcement during a PAS rally at Taman Kota Jaya in Simpang here tonight.
Nizar, 52, is also the deputy PAS commissioner of Perak and state assemblyman for Pasir Panjang.
The Barisan Nasional (BN) has named Bukit Gantang Umno information chief Ismail Saffian, 49, as its candidate for the seat.
Nomination is on Sunday.
The by-election is necessitated by the death of its Member of Parliament Roslan Shahrom of PAS on Feb 9. In the general election held in March last year, Roslan defeated the BN's Datuk Seri Abdul Azim Zabidi Roslan by a majority of 1,566 votes while an independent candidate, M. Mogan, secured only 882 votes and lost his deposit.
Meanwhile, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice president Azmin Ali, who was also present, said PKR would ignore the three-month suspension imposed by the Home Ministry today on the party organ, Suara Keadilan.
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