BUTTERWORTH: Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow is seeing an audience with Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak on June 27 to obtain consent to dissolve the Penang state assembly.
If all goes as planned, Chow said the state assembly would be dissolved on June 28 to make way for the state election.
He was speaking to reporters after officiating the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Taman Senagin Community Management Council (MPKK) hall here on Tuesday (June 20).
Penang has 40 state seats.
In the 14th General Election, Pakatan Harapan won 37 seats, including two from Bersatu candidates who were then part of the coalition.
Barisan Nasional won two seats and PAS won one.
Penang will be going to the state polls soon, along with Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu. – Bernama
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