SEREMBAN, March 26 — Negeri Sembilan State Assembly Speaker Datuk Razak Mansor would officially notify the Election Commission (EC) on the automatic dissolution of the state legislative assembly, tomorrow. He said this was to enable the EC to hold the state election in 60 days after the state legislative assembly was dissolved automatically at midnight on
Thursday.
EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof noted that the commission had 60 days after Thursday to set the nomination and polling dates for the state. “EC has sufficient time to wait until all the other state legislative assemblies and parliament are automatically dissolved before making a decision.
“Nevertheless, the EC will hold a special meeting on the matter,” he said.
The Negeri Sembilan state assembly comprising 36 seats is the first state to go into automatic dissolution on Thursday when it completes the five-year term.
In the last state election, the Barisan Nasional (BN) led with 21 seats to form the state government while the DAP won 10 seats, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, four and PAS, one.
Meanwhile, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the opposition leadership held a meeting today to discuss the dissolution date for Kelantan, Kedah and Penang.
— BERNAMA
