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73 seats up for grabs in Sabah polls

KOTA KINABALU: A total of 73 seats will be contested in the coming Sabah state election, up from 60 previously, the Election Commission (EC) said yesterday. “Seventy-three seats will be contested,” Sabah EC director Rohiman Rahia said when contacted by Bernama. On Thursday, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal announced the dissolution of the […]

Always adopt healthy politics: Rep

BALINGIAN: Balingian assemblyman Abdul Yakub Arbi hopes that political parties and their supporters would always adopt healthy politics although their ideologies are different. The one-term assemblyman expressed his hope ahead of the coming state election which will be held this year or next year before the current state legislative assembly term expires in June 2021. […]

Sabah DUN dissolved

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal has announced the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly to pave the way for a state election, which has to be held within 60 days. Mohd Shafie made the announcement today at the State administrative centre here after obtaining the consent of Sabah Yang di-Pertua […]

‘Sarawak First’ agenda takes precedence

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Demak Laut and Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will continue fighting for the ‘Sarawak First’ agenda to ensure that the Demak Laut constituency continues to be under PBB-GPS. Demak Laut assemblyman Dr Hazland Abang Hipni said like in previous years, PBB Demak Laut would use the approach of going to […]

Be ready, Fatimah tells election machinery

OYA: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Sarawak Women chief Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah called on the local election machinery to always be ready. Fatimah, who is also Dalat PBB chief, said although the actual date of the state election had yet to be known, the election machinery must be prepared from now onwards. “The preparations, […]

SUPP chides Tiong over candidate announcement

SIBU: Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing was taken to task for announcing his party’s candidate in Bawang Assan for the 12th State election. Chairman SUPP Bawang Assan Branch, Senator Robert Lau said Tiong’s announcement yesterday was not in the spirit of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). He said it was not […]

GE15 and 12PRN together will be nice: Masing

KUCHING: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should call for a snap general election to coincide with the Sarawak state election, said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing. Masing stressed that the timing of the election would be one of the issues to be discussed during the prime minister’s visit […]

Likely multi-cornered fight

12th STATE ELECTION (MAMBONG SEAT) KUCHING: The Mambong constituency can expect a multi-cornered fight in the coming state election as several political parties have expressed keen interest in the area, which incumbent Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said he would be defending. Dr Jerip, who is Assistant Transportation Minister, won the seat as a direct BN […]

SUPP confident of wresting Pujut back

MIRI: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) is confident of wresting Pujut constituency from Democratic Action Party (DAP) in the coming state election. SUPP Pujut branch chairman Adam Yii who is also Miri mayor said their election machineries were all geared up for the coming state polls. “Basically, people in the area have experienced DAP for […]

Poser on state election date

KUCHING: With the state election just around the corner, political parties and interested individuals are reportedly in high gear with their preparations. Nevertheless, the exact date for the election remains a poser. Even Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has kept mum on the issue. Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk […]