PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission (EC) will hold a special meeting on Wednesday to decide the nomination and polling days for the Cameron Highlands parliamentary by-election.
The EC Chairman, Azhar Azizan Harun, will chair the meeting which will take place in Putrajaya, secretary Mohamed Elias Abu Bakar said in a statement.
“The meeting will decide important dates like the writ for the by-election, nomination day, polling day, early voting and the electoral roll that will be used for the by-election,” he said.
Elias said a news conference will be conducted after the meeting.
Last month, the Election Court revoked C Sivarraajh’s victory in the May 9 general election after it found that money was used during the campaign to buy votes.
Sivarraajh, who is MIC vice-president, last week said he would not challenge the election court’s decision, and that the Barisan Nasional opted to fight for the cause of the people in a by-election rather than going to the Federal Court.
Cameron Highlands has traditionally been an MIC seat. Sivarraajh had won the constituency with a 567-vote majority.
FMT has also learnt that the EC today notified the Dewan Rakyat Speaker that the Cameron Highlands seat is now vacant after the court issued a certificate confirming this. -FMT
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