JOHOR BARU: Barisan Nasional candidate for Iskandar Puteri (P162) parliamentary seat Datuk Jason Teoh Sew Hock is not in awe going against Lim Kit Siang for the Iskandar Puteri seat come election day.
In fact Teoh, the 49-year-old MCA Gelang Patah chairman who secured his place to contest for the seat in today’s nomination, said he never felt so comfortable to face Lim.
“I was supposed to go against him during the last election but had to relinquish the seat to Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Othman,” he said.
Although he had to wait for five years to contest against the DAP top man, Teoh is grateful that the chance had finally come.
“I have no qualms to contest against him as I waited for this day to happen. It’s not a matter of who is contesting but what the person contesting had done for his community.
Teoh, who is a true blue Gelang Patah boy, believed of his chances to wrest the parliamentary seat from Lim as Iskandar Puteri voters especially the Chinese voters had become wiser and known about his committment to them.
Teoh was accompanied by his wife Datin Sim Guat Wha, who shared her husband’s joy in contesting in the constituency.
Meanwhile, Lim is happy to defend the seat he won in the last electiom against BN with a majority of 14,762 votes.
“If BN believed this would be my last time to contest here, I doubt it as the Iskandar Puteri voters’ faith in me still strong,” he said.
Two states seats, Skudai and Kota Iskandar, may see a close fight between DAP candidate Tan Hong Ping (PKR) and MIC Gelang Patah chairman Datuk S. Kanan G. Supiah for the Skudai seat.
The Kota Iskandar seat will see a three-cornered fight between Dzulkefly Ahmad (PKR), Salehuddin Mohd Dahiran (PAS) and Mohammad Khairi A. Malik (BN).
