DAP will field Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul
Aziz, who was once a member of UMNO President Najib Abdul Razak’s inner
circle, as its candidate for the Raub parliamentary constituency.
This was announced during a DAP ceramah in Raub this evening by party Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng.Mohd
Ariff was the Pulau Pemanis state assemblyperson between 2004 and 2008.
He served as the Information Chief of the Pekan UMNO division, which
Najib still heads today, between 2000 to 2004.
Better known by his blog title Sakmongkol AK47, Mohd Ariff has been an active political blogger and frequent critic of the Najib administration.
He joined DAP
in January 2012, along with veteran UMNO member Aspan Alias, creating a
dent to UMNO’s constant efforts to portray DAP as an anti-Malay party.
Raub is a Malay majority seat is
currently held by MCA Vice President Dr Ng Yen Yen, who won by a 2,752
vote majority. Since the majority is only 8.2 percent of the votes cast,
Raub is listed among BN’s shaky seats.
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