Harapan-BN seat allocation in Penang at 95pct

The distribution of seats between Pakatan Harapan and BN for the Penang state election is 95 percent resolved.

Penang Harapan chairperson Chow Kon Yeow said negotiations that have been going on since last month are proceeding smoothly and there are still some seats that have not been decided because they are overlapping seats.

“Negotiations for the allocation of seats are already 95 percent complete and there are a few more seats where there are overlapping requests,” he said.

He was speaking to reporters after officiating the Interactive Edutainment Programme at Gleneagles Hospital in George Town today.

Chow, who is also the Penang chief minister, said Harapan and BN will hold the third state election seat negotiation meeting in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.

“I believe tomorrow will be the third and final negotiation... if there is no decision, we may have to hand it over to the presidential council.

“We are meeting in Kuala Lumpur because the negotiations have been brought to the central level,” he said.

Meanwhile, when asked about the dissolution date of the Penang state legislative assembly, Chow said the state assembly will be dissolved in the last 10 days of this month.

“Actually, we don’t have a problem because we have reached the end of the term and, as promised at the beginning of the year, it will happen at the end of June.”

He is expected to announce the date of the dissolution of the state assembly after holding the last meeting of the Penang state executive council.

Penang has 40 state assembly seats and in the 14th general election (GE14), Harapan won 37, including two from Bersatu candidates who were still with the coalition, while two were won by BN and one by PAS.

In GE15, Kedah, Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan, and Terengganu did not dissolve their state assemblies.

It was reported earlier that the leaders of the six states reached a consensus that the most appropriate time to dissolve their state assemblies was during the last two weeks of June to allow the elections in the six states to be conducted simultaneously.

- Bernama

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