KANGAR: Perlis State Legislative Assembly Speaker Rus’sele Eizan will formally notify the Election Commission (EC) next week of unexpected vacancies involving three seats.
Rus’sele said the state assembly has 21 days to inform the EC following Thursday's (Dec 25) announcement that the Chuping, Bintong and Guar Sanji seats had fallen vacant.
"We need some time to complete several matters before submitting the formal notification to the EC," he said on Friday (Dec 26).
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At a press conference at the Seri Putra Complex here on Thursday, Rus’sele announced the unexpected vacancies after the memberships of the three PAS assemblymen for the constituencies ceased with immediate effect, in accordance with Clause (1)(a)(ii) of Article 50A of the state constitution.
He also said that by-elections are necessary to fill the vacancies in the interest of government stability, despite the Perlis state assembly having completed three years of its term on Dec 18.
Earlier, it was reported that several Perikatan Nasional assemblymen in the state had allegedly met the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail, to express a loss of confidence and withdraw support for Mentri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli.
Following this, PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang issued a statement that the party had terminated the membership of three Perlis assemblymen with immediate effect, in accordance with clauses 76 and 15A(1)(b) of the party constitution (Amendment 2025).
In the 15th General Election, Perikatan won 14 of the 15 state seats, nine by PAS and five by Bersatu, while PKR won the remaining seat.
Shukri has also announced that he is stepping down as Mentri Besar, citing health reasons. – Bernama
