MELAKA: Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has announced Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh as the coalition’s candidate for a second term as Melaka Chief Minister following its two-thirds majority victory in the state election.

Zahid said the mandate reflected the people’s continued confidence in BN and Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) track record, political stability and development agenda.

“The two-thirds majority reflects the people’s continued confidence in BN and PN’s track record, political stability and development agenda,” he said in his victory speech here tonight.

He described the victory, which marked the coalition’s third consecutive electoral success, as a responsibility to be accepted with gratitude and humility rather than an opportunity to boast.