PUTRAJAYA, March 31 — The Election Commission will hold a special meeting on the 11th Sarawak state election once it is notified of the dissolution of the Sarawak legislative assembly, EC chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hashim Abdullah said today.
The meeting would set the dates for nomination and polling, he said when asked to comment on the announcement today that the Sarawak legislative assembly would be dissolved on April 11 to pave the way for the state election.
“The EC must hold the election within 60 days of the dissolution of the state assembly,” he said in a statement.
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem announced in Kuching today that the state legislative assembly would be dissolved on April 11. — Bernama
