Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Malaysiakini's Report: PKR to field Khalid

Malaysiakini reports:-

Apr 17, 07 1:32pm


Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) treasurer Khalid Ibrahim has been named as the party’s candidate for the April 28 Ijok by-election in Selangor.Although no official announcement has been made, the party’s information bureau emailed his profile to the media this afternoon. The email was titled 'PKR Ijok by-election candidate: Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s profile'. Party advisor Anwar Ibrahim is expected to make the official announcement at a function in Ijok tonight.
There has been much controversy over the PKR candidate as certain quarters have called on the opposition party to field an Indian candidate to prove its multi-racialism. Khalid will take on Barisan Nasional’s MIC candidate K Parthiban.

The Ijok state seat fell vacant following the death of its MIC incumbent K Sivalingam on April 4

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