updated: March 21, 2011 MYT 1:21:05 PM
updated: March 22, 2011 Tuesday
Asfia with a copy of the dissolution proclamation signed by Salahuddin in Kuching. According to Aziz, the EC would receive the notice today and the officials meet tomorrow at Pullman Kuching. A press conference has been scheduled at noon to announce the eagerly awaited nomination and polling dates. The state election is the tenth. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / The Star
Speaker receives proclamation of dissolution signed by Yang di-Pertua Negeri
KUCHING: The Sarawak state assembly was dissolved on Monday, paving the way for the 10th state election.
Speaker Datuk Seri Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar told a news conference here that the proclamation of the dissolution, signed by Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng, was received this morning.
He said that the notice of dissolution would be handed over to Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof on Tuesday.
The EC is expected to meet here on Wednesday to decide on the dates for the nomination and polling.
Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud announced on Saturday that the state assembly would be dissolved Monday.
The Barisan Nasional has been in control of 63 of the 71 seats in the assembly since Engkilili assemblyman Dr Jonical Rayong Ngipa, who contested on an opposition Sarawak National Party ticket in the last state election on May 20, 2006, joined the Barisan last year.
The DAP holds six seats while PKR has one and Parti Cinta Malaysia, through an Independent representative, has another one. — Bernama
The DAP holds six seats while PKR has one and Parti Cinta Malaysia, through an Independent representative, has another one. — Bernama
