KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — Terengganu Umno information chief Datuk Nik Dir Nik Wan Ku said state Barisan Nasional (BN) has no objection if Pakatan Harapan (PH) wants to use its “dacing” logo in the upcoming state election.
Nik Dir said BN is fine with allowing its former rival-turned-ally the use of its logo, The Malaysian Insight reported today.
“We haven’t discussed it officially, but BN has decided to use our logo for the state polls.
“If PH candidates want to use the logo, it’s up to them. We accept it, no problem. Terengganu Umno will allow it,” he was quoted as saying.
In March, Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed that party candidates will use the “dacing” (balance scale) symbol for the elections in six states.
The deputy prime minister said the other parties in the coalition government would be using their own symbols for their candidates.
Separately, Nik Dir also denied media reports that Terengganu Umno would neither accept PH candidates nor work with them.
Despite PH and BN being partners in the unity government, Utusan Malaysia reported on Sunday that some Umno grassroots in the state are unwilling to work with PH in the state polls.
A source told the Malay-language daily that objections had been raised at a state Umno meeting involving division chiefs last month.
Nik Dir denied this, saying that the matter was not raised during any meeting held by BN- Terengganu Umno.
He admitted, however, that some instances of conflict had arisen over seat allocations in the initial discussion.
“There is no official decision on seat distribution yet. It was just an informal discussion between BN and PH in the state.
“That’s when we asked PH how many seats they wanted. They wanted 12 seats and named their candidates.
“But state Umno chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Said said their candidates would lose their deposits if they contested in some of the seats.
“That’s all that happened; we never said we wanted to protest because there is no final decision yet,” he was quoted as saying.
Terengganu and five other states are set to hold elections around June or July.
