SARAWAK Deputy Chief Minister Amar Douglas Uggah has called on the Election Commission (EC) to come up with realistic standard operating procedure (SOP) to be used during campaign activities in the interior areas during the 12th Sarawak elections.

He said EC and the Health Ministry (MOH), which would finalise the SOP, would hopefully take into account the situation in the rural and remote areas so as not to affect campaigning activities during the election.

“We hope that we have realistic SOP that can help us with the campaign. At the same time, to ensure all requirements such as physical distancing and others are implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19. That is a very important factor,” he said.

He was speaking to reporters after presenting RM3.896 million in grants to the Unit For Other Religions (Unifor) under the Sarawak Chief Minister’s Department for non-Muslims houses of worship at his office today.

Uggah said the scenario was quite different when it comes to Sarawak compared to the Malacca elections. – Bernama, November 12, 2021.