GE14: New party confirms will contest in Selangor

Parti Alternatif Rakyat (PAP) has confirmed that it will contest at least eight parliamentary and 34 state seats in Selangor in the 14th General Election (GE14).

PAP president Zulkifli Mohd Noor said the multi-racial party was in the process of identifying leaders of calibre including youths and women to be fielded as candidates.

"PAP is for leadership that is moderate, clean campaigning and balanced spending. Also we do not want to be over confident.

"The issues we will focus on include both national and local ones, among others housing and education," he told a press conference here today.

PAP, which received approval to be registered as new political party from the Registrar of Societies on Oct 30, 2015, was formed by former DAP members after an internal crisis and leadership issues in the opposition party.

Prior to this, Zulkifli, who is also a former vice chairman of DAP, had said that PAP would be contesting all parliamentary and state seats in Penang, where the government is led by DAP. - BERNAMA