SHAH ALAM: Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof has warned political parties not to put up posters, flags or make political speeches until the nomination and polling dates are announced for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat.
“A date for the by-election campaign will be officially be made known and the do’s and dont’s would also be made public on Friday (April 2).
“We want all political parties involved to adhere to the regulations as to avoid problems cropping up in the by-election,” he said.
Earlier Aziz, who officiated at the Ikhtisas Federation and Selangor Bumiputra Entrepreneurs 24th annual general meeting at Kelab Shah Alam, added it was up to the local authorities and the police to take action against those who jumped the gun by putting up banners or by giving political speeches.
The Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat fell vacant following the death of PKR MP Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad on Thursday night. The seat had been MIC’s stronghold until its deputy president Datuk G. Palanivel lost by a slim 198-vote majority in 2008.
This will be the 10th by-election since the March 2008 general election.
THE STAR
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