SEREMBAN, June 28 — The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly will be dissolved on Saturday (July 1) to make way for the state election to be held.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun said the proposed date had received the consent of the Yang Dipertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir.
"This morning, I had an audience with the Yang Dipertuan Besar to sign the Negeri Sembilan assembly dissolution notification letter to pave the way for the state election.
"It is confirmed the dissolution date is on July 1,” he told reporters at Wisma Negeri, earlier today.
Earlier, Aminuddin arrived at Istana Hinggap here at 10am to have an audience with Tuanku Muhriz to seek his consent for the date of dissolution.
He said the dissolution is in line with the powers provided under the Negeri Sembilan Government Constitution 1959.
Aminuddin added he also requested the office of the Negeri Sembilan Speaker to expedite the official notification of the date of the dissolution of the 14th state assembly to the Election Commission (EC), to allow the state election to be held simultaneously with five other state assemblies.
Meanwhile, the state government administration will function as an interim government that will operate as usual, to ensure the government service system remains efficient.
Negeri Sembilan is among the six states that will hold state polls besides Selangor, Terengganu, Penang, Kelantan, and Kedah.
The first Negeri Sembilan state assembly sitting was on July 2 2018, after the 14th general election (GE14) on May 9, 2018 and the five-year mandate ends on July 1.
Negeri Sembilan has 36 state assembly seats where Pakatan Harapan led by Aminuddin controls 20 seats (DAP with 11, PKR with six, Amanah with three), while Barisan Nasional (BN) has 16 seats (Umno with 15 and MIC with one).
— Bernama
