SARAWAK POLLS | Sarawak PKR will likely field fewer candidates during the upcoming state legislative assembly election than previously announced.

According to the Sarawak Pakatan Harapan deal in January, PKR was supposed to field 47 candidates. Malaysiakini has learnt that Sarawak PKR now intends to field around 20 candidates. There are 82 seats in the Sarawak legislative assembly.

When contacted, Sarawak PKR deputy chairperson Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh said the party was considering an option to field fewer candidates to increase the chances of an opposition candidate defeating the incumbent Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition.