UPDATED 12PM Two days before Pakatan celebrates its second anniversary of its takeover of Penang, the state government announces that it will restore local council polls involving two municipal councils - the Municipal Council of Penang Island (MPPP) and Municipal Council of Seberang Perai (MPSP).
Chief minister Lim Guan Eng had sent a letter to Election Commission (EC) chief Abdul Aziz Yusof two days ago asking the commission to conduct election for both local councils but when contacted, EC deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said the letter has yet to be brought to the attention of the commission. Ahmad also said, “The EC will look at the letter and discuss it before giving a response (to the Penang government). Whether that response will be positive or negative, it is too early to say. This involves legal issues that we have to taken into consideration."
It has been over 40 years since the government outlawed local council elections through the Local Government Act 1976.
Chief minister Lim Guan Eng had sent a letter to Election Commission (EC) chief Abdul Aziz Yusof two days ago asking the commission to conduct election for both local councils but when contacted, EC deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said the letter has yet to be brought to the attention of the commission. Ahmad also said, “The EC will look at the letter and discuss it before giving a response (to the Penang government). Whether that response will be positive or negative, it is too early to say. This involves legal issues that we have to taken into consideration."
It has been over 40 years since the government outlawed local council elections through the Local Government Act 1976.
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