KEPALA BATAS, November 4 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has assured Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican will be retained as a Cabinet Minister if Barisan Nasional (BN) is given a mandate by the people to form the government and the BN Candidate wins the Kepala Batas parliamentary seat. Ismail Sabri, who is the BN Prime Minister Candidate for the 15th General Election (GE15).
Ismail Sabri say he is confident that Reezal Merican, who was announced as the BN candidate for the Kepala Batas parliamentary constituency yesterday, will retain the seat for a third term on Nov 19 following his outstanding achievements in government. This MP is hardworking. Reezal Merican is not only excellent as a MP but also as Minister of Housing and Local Government. Just holding the post for over a year, he has implemented various programmes for the benefit of the people.
In GE14, Reezal Merican won the Kepala Batas parliamentary seat with a majority of 4,736 votes, defeating PKR candidate, Dr Zaidi Zakaria and Siti Mastura Muhammad of PAS, after obtaining 22,459 votes. Kepala Batas parliamentary constituency which is the legacy seat of the former Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, has been under BN for the past 35 years.
