ROMPIN : UMNO will field a candidate who meets the ‘WALI' criteria -- winnable, acceptable and likeable -- for the Ayer Kuning state by-election, said UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. ROMPIN : UMNO will field a candidate who meets the ‘WALI' criteria -- winnable, acceptable and likeable -- for the Ayer Kuning state by-election, said UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid said he would need to discuss the matter with Perak UMNO chairman Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad and the Tapah UMNO division leadership to identify potential candidates. “We will give opportunities to all groups and shortlist the potential candidates,“ said Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, at a press conference after officially opening the FELCRA Berhad Closed-System Broiler Farm Complex here today..