00:00In 2013 or 2023, we are together, but we are in character.
00:08The UMNO doesn't give me a medal.
00:12The scenario is the same.
00:15The only thing I need is the personal task of the medal.
00:21Bakri Sawir, the candidate of Harapans for Kelawang,
00:24is unfazed by the prospect of coming up against the Barisan Nasional-Perikatan Nasional Pact
00:30at the upcoming Negeri Sembilan polls.
00:34He said the current scenario is no different, with BN and PN working together this time around.
00:41Bakri rested Kelawang from UMNO in 2018, breaking the party's 12-year stranglehold on the seat.
00:48He retained it in 2023 with a slim 577-vote majority against Bersatu's Dhani Rayas.
00:57This time, he faces Dhani again, now of Parti Wawasan Negara and Bersatu's Adit Musa.
01:05Bakri says discontent among UMNO grassroots over BN's surrender of Kelawang to PN could work in his favour,
01:13with several BN operations rooms said to have closed as a result.
01:18He also expects Bersatu's clash with PN to split votes, which he hopes will work in his favour.
01:25But Bakri is not content to rely solely on his rivals' weaknesses.
01:30He pledges to step up face-to-face campaigning with Malay voters,
01:35armed with a track record of successfully resolving 80% of residents' complaints over the past eight years.
01:43Kelawang is a Malay majority constituency with significant Chinese presence.
01:50Negeri Sembilan goes to the polls on August 1st.
01:54Jessalyn Kaur, FMT.
