Melaka dissolves assembly, setting up election test for Anwar
Melaka has formally triggered a state election, creating another political test for Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government. The assembly’s dissolution took effect on Wednesday after its speaker notified the Election Commission. Under the announcement, voting must take place within 60 days, while the government faces an internal feud and public frustration over reforms.
Melaka’s state assembly was formally dissolved on Wednesday, beginning the process for a state election that will provide another test for Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government. The dissolution followed an official notification sent to the country’s Election Commission on Tuesday by Ibrahim Durum, the speaker of the Melaka state assembly. The assembly’s dissolution took effect on Wednesday, according to the supplied report.
The notification set the election timetable in motion. A state election must be held within 60 days of the dissolution, the announcement said. The poll comes as Anwar’s government faces an internal feud and growing public frustration over what the source described as failed reforms.
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