Batu Kitang candidate: Don’t use my grandma against me

Batu Kitang candidate: Don’t use my grandma against me

DAP’s Abdul Aziz Isa slams his SUPP rival for playing "dirty politics" by recruiting his grandmother to campaign against him.

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KUCHING: DAP’s Batu Kitang candidate Abdul Aziz Isa slammed SUPP’s Lo Khere Chiang for dragging his grandmother, Mazuyin Abd Manan, into the election campaign.

Labelling it as a form of “dirty politics”, Abdul Aziz accused Lo, who is also contesting in the constituency, for recruiting Mazuyin to smear his reputation.

Last week, Mazuyin made a surprise appearance at Lo’s ceramah in Batu Kitang, condemning her grandson’s move to contest under the Opposition’s banner and pledged her support to SUPP.

Mazuyin had also called on the people  not to vote for Abdul Aziz.

Abdul Aziz advised Lo to be more mature when fishing for votes.

“I would like to ask him to be a gentleman. He is already 56 years old, more than double my age,” the 26-year-old said at a press conference.

Pesent was DAP Sarawak Chairman Chong Chieng Jen.

Abdul Aziz said it would have been better for Lo to debate him on policies instead of “using” his 75-year-old grandmother.

He went on to state that differing political views among family members were a common occurrence.

“The same goes for my grandmother. She’s a strong Barisan Nasional supporter and, naturally, I can’t convince her to vote for DAP.”

Chong echoed similar sentiments, saying that people from different generations may have clashing political ideologies and accused Lo of capitalising on this situation to his advantage.

“I think Lo owes Abdul Aziz an apology for resorting to such low tactics.

“Lo is much older, yet he doesn’t have any political maturity.”

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