00:00Negeri Sembilan Barisan Nasional Chairman Muhammad Hassan, better known as Topmat,
00:05will oversee the coalition's candidate selection and seat allocations for the August 1st state election.
00:12BN Chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Negeri Sembilan UMNO and BN are now finalising the candidates to be fielded.
00:21Zahid said he had left the discussions to Muhammad, who is also UMNO Deputy President.
00:26He said the state election was an unusual situation for BN, as the coalition will no longer contest alongside Pakatan
00:34Harapan as it did previously.
00:37The state assembly was dissolved on June 5, after all 14 BN assemblymen withdrew support for Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun.
00:47They cited a loss of confidence over his handling of the controversy, involving four chieftains who sought to remove the
00:54young diputuan besar.
00:56The election commission has set July 18th for nominations, July 28th for early voting and August 1st for polling.
01:05Anun Jarya, FMD.
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