‘Three weeks ideal for candidate nominations’


GEORGE TOWN: It would be ideal to hold nominations of candidates about three weeks after the dissolution of state legislative assemblies, says caretaker Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow.

This would give political parties enough time to organise and activate their election machinery, he said.

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