PN to discuss synchronised state elections

Perikatan Nasional (PN) will discuss the recommendations of its various parties on the six states holding state elections simultaneously, says PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

He said the matter would be brought to the PN Supreme Council to be discussed in greater detail.

"Personally, I have no problem if the state polls are held simultaneously in Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and Penang.

"It will be discussed at the PN Supreme Council meeting and all decisions will be announced later," he told reporters after the launch of the Kelantanku Bersih programme in Kota Bharu yesterday.

Election Commission (EC) chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh had reportedly welcomed the proposal to hold the upcoming states elections in the peninsula simultaneously as this would facilitate EC affairs.

However, Ghani said only the leaders of the states involved could decide on the dissolution of their respective state legislative assemblies.