“I have not decided yet, but anything is possible since we don’t know what the future holds. I want to be at peace after my wife’s passing, and I want to give my attention to my family first,” he said, according to Berita Harian.

Yesterday, Negeri Sembilan PN deputy chairman Rafiei Mustapha confirmed that the party had made the offer of candidature to Salim and former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.

Khairy, who was sacked from Umno, would be made PN’s “poster boy” and the face of its campaign in Negeri Sembilan, as well as the menteri besar candidate.

Others who were suspended with Salim were Barisan Nasional treasurer-general Hishammuddin Hussein, former Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan and Tebrau Umno leader Maulizan Bujang.

Former Selangor Umno chief Noh Omar was sacked from the party.