00:00Former UMNO Youth Chief Khairi Jamaluddin says Poat Zarkashi, the former UMNO Supreme Council member,
00:07is free to support anyone in the Jeho State election after leaving the party.
00:12Khairi, however, said Poat's decision to back Pakatan Harapan's Rungit candidate Yazid Bakri
00:18may have been driven by disappointment rather than support for the candidate himself.
00:24Speaking while campaigning for BN's Rungit candidate Zaidie Jafar,
00:28Khairi said Poat was free to back anyone he chose as he was no longer part of UMNO.
00:34Khairi said Zaidie was the best person for the seat,
00:37describing him as hardworking and close to the local community.
00:41Early today, Poat had endorsed Yazid of Amanah, citing his local boy credentials.
00:47Poat, the former Rungit Assemblyman and Jeho State Assembly Speaker,
00:51announced in early June that he would not seek re-election, citing his age.
00:56He then resigned from UMNO on June 25th, alleging royal interference in political matters.
01:03However, UMNO Secretary General Ashraf Wajdi Dusuki claimed Poat quit
01:07because his side was not chosen to contest Rungit.
01:11Rungit will see a three-cornered fight involving PH's Yazid Bakri,
01:16BN's Zaidie Jafar and Brigadier National's Said Muhammad Said Alwi.
01:21I'm Nunjaria, FMD.
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