News about election

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 26): Three judges of the High Court on Tuesday (Oct 26) allowed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s amended period for the temporary release of his passport to accompany and support his daughter in Singapore, who is expected to give birth soon.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The High Court on Friday (Oct 22) was told that Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) had applied for an amendment to the period of the temporary release of his passport.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): The motion to elect a new deputy speaker in the Dewan Rakyat has been postponed till at least next month to allow for a constitutional amendment which will see a third deputy speaker post from the opposition in the House.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): Malaysia may not see the 15th general election until August 2022 at the earliest, based on the historic memorandum on political transformation and stability inked between the federal coalition and Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Pakatan Harapan (PH) has called for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to “respectfully resign” for losing support and legitimacy as Prime Minister, after UMNO rescinded its support for the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) today said that the Batu Sapi by-election and Sarawak’s 12th state election will have to be held despite the current Covid-19 pandemic — unless a state of emergency is declared.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 11): The Sabah State election is set to proceed as scheduled after the Federal Court today dismissed an application by former Tamparuli Assemblyman Datuk Jahid @ Noordin Jahim for a stay of the polls pending the disposal of the “two Chief Ministers” case.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured) had today claimed that the timing of the new charges of dishonest misappropriation of property against him proves that the prosecution is "politically-motivated", noting that filing of the charges at the Butterworth Sessions Court this Friday (Sept 11) comes a day before nomination day for the Sabah state election on Saturday (Sept 12).

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 26): The Court of Appeal has fixed Sept 7 to hear an appeal by former Sabah chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman and 32 other assemblypersons against the dismissal of their judicial review application to challenge the decisions of the Sabah governor to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly and the Election Commission (EC) to hold a state election.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured) will accept whatever decision made by the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration on reintroducing local council elections, FMT reported today.