Sg Bakap polls: Unity government candidate to be announced tonight

KUALA LUMPUR: The candidate representing the unity government in the Sungai Bakap state by-election has been finalised and will be officially announced on Wednesday (June 12) at 9pm

Unity government Secretariat head Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki in a statement said the decision was reached at the secretariat meeting involving the top leadership of Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional which took place on Tuesday (June 11) at Seri Perdana, Putrajaya.

"For the purpose of coordinating and standardising the work of the by-election machinery, the meeting decided to appoint Rafizi Ramli and Senator Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as co-chairmen of the Unity Government’s election machinery main committee," said the statement.

The statement also said that the Sungai Bakap state by-election joint operation chairmen representing the Penang Unity Government will be led by Datuk Dr Mohamad Abdul Hamid and Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir.

The Election Commission (EC) set the voting day for the Sungai Bakap state by-election on July 6 with the nomination of candidate and early voting set on June 22 and July 2 respectively.

The Sungai Bakap seat fell vacant following the death of its incumbent, Nor Zamri Latiff on May 24 due to a stomach inflammation. - Bernama