GEORGE TOWN, October 15 – Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the Penang State Government accept Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council decision for all three Pakatan states not to dissolve the state assembly until next year. He said Penang DAP and DAP Malaysia have tried their best to convince the Pakatan presidential council to let Penang hold its state polls concurrently with the 15th General Election as they were given a chance for a discussion on this issue before the decision was made.
The Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council does not disagree with state polls being held but they want state polls being held for all three Pakatan states to be held at the same time. The Penang Pakatan chairman said it was decided that all three states will dissolve their state assemblies at the same time. “We accept this decision so now we will focus on GE15 where we have 13 parliamentary seats, he said. Chow also conveyed the official Pakatan decision to the Penang State Governor that the Penang State Assembly will not be dissolved this year.
Chow was responding to the announcement made by Anwar Ibrahim after the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Presidential Council meeting this morning that Pakatan Harapan will not to dissolve the state assemblies of Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and Penang this year to avoid a situation that could create a perception of disunity in Pakatan Harapan. “I have to disappoint my own (DAP) friends in Penang because I know that if we make a decision to dissolve the Penang State Assembly”, DAP Secretary General, Anthony Loke said.
