00:00An analyst sees the defeat of an MP and an Assemblyman at the Persatu polls in Kelantan and Selangor
00:07as a major hint that the grassroots prefer to be represented by locals.
00:12Taufik Yaakob of University Malaya said Persatu should take a leaf out of PAS and UMNO's book
00:18in terms of respecting local sentiments in the selection of election candidates.
00:23Persatu's Supreme Council Member Wan Ahmad Faisal Wan Ahmad Kamal
00:27lost his Macang Chief post to Kamarudin Abdul Qadir, while Batangkali Assemblyman
00:32Muhaymin Harith Abdullah Sani lost a three-cornered fight for the post of Division Chief in Hulu, Selangor.
00:38Taufik attributed the defeat of Wan Faisal and Muhaymin to a failure at the leadership level
00:44to respect the wants of the grassroots and a preference for imported candidates.
00:49Kelantan Persatu Chief Kamarudin Muhammad Nur previously said the division had wanted a local leader,
00:55not one who resides in Kuala Lumpur. Muhaymin, who was originally from Klang,
00:59was rejected by Persatu's Hulu-Selangor division at the Selangor election in August 2023.
01:05He later decided to reside in Batangkali.
01:07Meanwhile, Azmi Hassan, a fellow at the National Council of Professors,
01:11said the Paris defeat was a reminder to the leaders
01:14never to dismiss the grassroots' demand for local representatives.
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