Sabah polls: PH candidate for Silam to stay on ballot despite withdrawal, says EC

KOTA KINABALU: Pakatan Harapan’s Abdul Halim Sidek will remain on the ballot paper for the N.62 Silam seat despite announcing his withdrawal from the race, the Election Commission (EC) says.

In a statement on Tuesday (Nov 18), EC secretary Datuk Khairul Shahril Idrus said the commission had taken note of Halim’s announcement but clarified that election regulations do not allow a candidate to retract their nomination after 10am on Nomination Day.