CARETAKER Perlis menteri besar Azlan Man has announced the dissolution of the Perlis assembly, effective today.

Azlan said Raja Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail had consented to the dissolution of the state assembly to allow state elections to be held concurrently with the general election. 

Azlana and assembly speaker Hamdan Bahari were granted an audience with the ruler at Galeri Diraja Arau at 3pm yesterday to seek consent for the dissolution of the state assembly. 

“Praise be to God, His Highness has given his consent and the date of dissolution of the state assembly, which is effective today,” he said in a press conference at his office in Kangar today. 

Azlan said the ruler had signed the declaration of dissolution of the Perlis assembly. 

“Hence, state elections will be held simultaneously with GE15 and we will hand over all matters to the Election Commission for the next step,” he said. 

Perlis has 15 state seats. Before the assembly dissolution, 10 seats were represented by Barisan Nasional (BN), three by PKR, and two by PAS. 

In terms of parliamentary seats, Perlis has three. The incumbents of the Arau and Padang Besar seats are Shahidan Kassim and Zahidi Zainul Abidin, both of BN, while the Kangar parliamentary seat is held by PKR’s Noor Amin Ahmad. – Bernama, October 14, 2022.