Syed Saddiq hopes to turn Muar into economic engine for northern Johor

KUALA LUMPUR: The newly elected representative for Muar, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, hopes to develop the parliamentary constituency as an economic engine for the northern part of Johor and to ensure that Malaysia will rise once again as the Asian Tiger.
He also believed that elected representatives of different parties would do more good if they could collaborate and work together, instead of practising revenge politics.
"Friends in Umno and PAS have roles in my plans to develop Muar and Malaysia as a whole. My promise is that your future will not dim just because I was elected to represent the people for this term.
"To my opponents in Muar, I extend my friendship and cooperation for us to develop Muar as Pearl of Johor," he said in a statement, here today.
Syed Saddiq won the Muar parliamentary seat in a three-cornered fight involving BN candidate Datuk Razali Ibrahim and PAS candidate Abdul Aziz Talib. He garnered 22,341 votes, while Razali polled 15,388, and Abdul Aziz, 4,354.
The 25-year-old International Islamic University law graduate also pointed out that his involvement in politics was not merely to win a seat but was more to defend the young people.
"I enter politics to reinstate power to the people so that no political leader or political party will be too powerful, and to ensure Malaysia will rise once more as the Asian Tiger, and together, we can do the impossible, my fellow Malaysians," he said. — Bernama