Ramli Mohd Nor also questioned Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) commitment to carry out a clean campaign.

“You tell me, my opponents, are they clean?” he asked.

“As for me, you can be rest assured that I will be clean,” he said when met by reporters at Pos Mensoon, the Orang Asli village he hails from.

Ramli was the only candidate who did not turn up at the event organised by Bersih today.

He is facing DAP’s M Manogaran, and two independent candidates Sallehudin Ab Talib and Wong Seng Yee. The three signed the pledge at the Heritage Hotel witnessed by the Bersih steering committee.

Ramli said there was no need for him to sign the pledge.

He also brushed aside a call by Bersih for a debate between the candidates.

“What is there to debate? They threatened to revoke my people’s salaries. Why should I debate?” he said, referring to Pakatan Harapan senator Bob Manolan Mohd’s comments.

The Orang Asli senator had said that tok batins (Orang Asli chiefs) in Cameron Highlands would be sacked if they did not support the government. The remarks were condemned by both PH and BN leaders.

Ramli said he looked forward to becoming the first Orang Asli MP.

“I have been proud of my kampung ever since I was a child,” the former police officer said.