


Nomination day on Feb 24, polls on March 8
PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission has set Feb 24 for parties to nominate candidates for 12th general election; Malaysia goes to the polls on March 8.
Parliament was dissolved yesterday, ending weeks of speculation.
Malaysians will be asked to give a fresh mandate to the government of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Candidates will vie for 222 parliamentary seats and 505 state seats.
Abdullah will lead the Barisan Nasional into the election for a second time.
The assemblies of all states except for Sarawak were also dissolved Wednesday after the mentris besar and chief ministers sought consent from their respective rulers.
tetap jam 12.30 tadi…Pak Lah telah mengumumkan pembubaran Parlimen..
ditanya mengenai tarikh sebenar pilihanraya dan penamaan calon..beliau membalas…tunggu pengumuman dari SPR.
dari bernama
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 13 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today announced the dissolution of Parliament to pave the way for the 12th general election.
The announcement was made at a media conference at his office here and telecast live on RTM1 at noon.
The prime minister also advised all the state governments, except Sarawak, to dissolve their state assemblies to enable the state elections to be held simultaneously.
He said he had an audience with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin this morning and had received his consent to dissolve the 11th Parliament.
tetap jam 12.30 tadi…Pak Lah telah mengumumkan pembubaran Parlimen..
ditanya mengenai tarikh sebenar pilihanraya dan penamaan calon..beliau membalas…tunggu pengumuman dari SPR.
dari bernama
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 13 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today announced the dissolution of Parliament to pave the way for the 12th general election.
The announcement was made at a media conference at his office here and telecast live on RTM1 at noon.
The prime minister also advised all the state governments, except Sarawak, to dissolve their state assemblies to enable the state elections to be held simultaneously.
He said he had an audience with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin this morning and had received his consent to dissolve the 11th Parliament.