Only the national Umno leadership can make an announcement on its candidate should a by-election be called for the Slim state assembly seat, says Datuk Saarani Mohamad.<br /><br />The Perak Umno and Barisan Nasional chairman said that on Thursday, adding that there would be a supreme council meeting on July 24, and an announcement could be made then.<br /><br />The seat has been left vacant, following the death of the party's incumbent assemblyman Datuk Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib.<br /><br />Read more at https://bit.ly/2C79RkR<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
