EC to announce Sungai Limau state by-election date on Oct 3

(The Star) – The Election Commission will meet on Thursday to decide and announce the date for Kedah’s Sungai Limau state seat’s  by-election.

The by-election was triggered by the death of its assemblyman and former Kedah Mentri Besar Tan Sri Azizan Abdul Razak (pic) on Sept 26.

In a statement, the EC said that it received a notice Sunday from the Kedah Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Md Rozai Sapian to inform the commission of a vacancy in the constituency following the death of Azizan.

The meeting will start at 10am at the EC headquarters in Putrajaya and will be chaired by the commission’s chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.

A press conference to announce the nomination and by-election dates will be held after the meeting ends.

Meanwhile, in ALOR SETAR,  Md Rozai said the by-election was likely to be held before the Kedah 2014 Budget meeting in mid-November.

The state’s four-day budget meeting is scheduled to be held from Nov 18.

However, he stressed that the final decision on the date rested with the EC.

Sungai Limau’s incumbent Azizan had died due to blood infection and multiple organ failure at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital intensive care unit.

The by-election must be held within 60 days of the incumbent’s death.