This election season, many voters especially Undi18 and first-time voters are asked who to vote for. In response, many are asking who the next prime minister (PM) should be instead, followed by discussions around the current PM candidates including caretaker prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (BN), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (Pakatan Harapan), Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (PEJUANG) and Tan Sri Datuk Muhyiddin Yassin (Perikatan Nasional).
Last night, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for Sungai Buloh, Khairy Jamaluddin, has gone on record for the first time to say that he intends to lead UMNO (United Malays National Organisation), a coalition member of BN, as well as to be the prime minister of Malaysia in the future. Is Khairy stepping up the plate in his leadership role for the nation?
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Khairy said he is ready but first needs to win the Sungai Buloh parliamentary seat in the 15th General Election (GE15) on 19 November 2022.
“If the people of Sungai Buloh give me the mandate, then Sungai Buloh will not be the limit. I will bring the people of Sungai Buloh… (and) one day, we will lead Malaysia… In Shaa Allah (God willing),” he said during his talk on Tuesday at Taman Saujana Utama in Sungai Buloh.
“With Allah SWT’s destiny and the support of my friends, one day, I want to lead Umno. One day, I want to be your prime minister and develop this country, but I must capture Sungai Buloh first.”
Khairy admits that although this is not yet the time for him to become the PM, the time has come for him to declare his ambition to lead the country as the premier someday. He reiterated that if BN wins GE15, BN’s PM candidate Ismail Sabri – whom he described as his big brother – would be the prime minister.
The caretaker health minister said, “I’m 46 years old, I can wait for a while, but not for too long. I’m ready but I have to prove it with Sungai Buloh first.
“If the people of Sungai Buloh support me, I can inform the party that I came (to fight) in the dragon’s den with a majority of 26,000 votes but I won a seat for BN.
“I want to lead the party and I want to lead the country,” he continued.
Currently a PKR (People’s Justice Party) stronghold, it will be a seven-way contest in Sungai Buloh. Khairy, who was also the former member of Parliament for Rembau, will be facing Ramanan Ramakrishnan (Pakatan Harapan), Akmal Yusoff (PEJUANG), Hj Mohd Ghazali (Perikatan Nasional), Ahmad Jufliz (Parti Rakyat Malaysia), and two independent candidates, Syed Razak Alsagoff and Sifu Linda. 
