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Gabungan Parti Sarawak chairman Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has signalled the ruling coalition's readiness to contest the state election whether seat numbers remain at 82 or expand to 99 following a proposed redelineation exercise.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has directed the Election Commission to provide an updated report on expanding Sarawak State Legislative Assembly seats from 82 to 99, reaffirming Cabinet commitment to the proposed redelineation.
Malaysia's Election Commission will study a proposal to grant postal voting rights to auxiliary police officers protecting strategic assets, after a senator highlighted how 27,000 officers currently lack this facility.
Malaysia's Election Commission is undertaking a comprehensive study on introducing domestic postal voting across all regions, with completion targeted for next year. The government has also signalled openness to placing the EC under parliamentary oversight.
Malaysia's Election Commission is urging voters to update their registration addresses to their actual place of residence, emphasising that the country's constituency-based democratic system requires voters to participate where they live rather than in distant hometowns.