THE Election Commission (EC) will hold a special meeting next Tuesday to discuss important dates relating to the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election.

EC secretary Ikmalrudin Ishak said it was after the commission received the Election Judge’s Report as provided under the Election Offences Act 1954 on the court’s decision to annul the election results of the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary constituency on November 19 last year.

“The meeting will be chaired by EC chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh and will discuss by-election matters such as the date of the election writ, nomination day, polling day, the voter register to be used and other preparations to carry out the election. A press conference will held after the meeting,” he said in a statement today.

The Terengganu Election Court on June 27 annulled the victory of PAS’ Ahmad Amzad Hashim in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary constituency in the 15th general election.

Judge Mohd Firuz Jaffril said the petitioner, namely Barisan Nasional candidate Mohd Zubir Embong, succeeded in proving that corruption had taken place with the aim of influencing voters in the polls.

He said although the petitioner was not presented as a witness, other evidence was sufficient to declare the election in Kuala Terengganu null and void according to section 36 of the Act.

In the November 19 polls, Amzad won the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat with a majority of 40,907 votes after defeating three other challengers, including Zubir. – Bernama, July 14, 2023.