NSTnation Experts: Snap polls not the best option
They believe that on top of the economic cost, an election would also rattle the market, which could lead to further negative implications.“We just need a government to continue to govern until the next general election. The market is nervous and there will be negative financial implications from all this,” he told theFluctuations in the ringgit from the weekend till today has marked the crisis. On Tuesday, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI declined 2.54 per cent, or 38.
GE14 drew 14.9 million voters to the polls. The EC had estimated that GE15, due on 2023, could see more than 22 million voters casting their ballots.This, he said, was because of the effort that would be taken by the commission to improve the voters’ experience. It also played a key role in lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. It also aimed to implement the automatic voter registration before GE15.
He said Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah was overseeing the process by interviewing members of parliament to see who can command a majority as prime minister and form a government.
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