00:00UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has hit out at Cabinet colleague Nga Korming
00:06after the DAP leader criticized the Election Commission for not deciding to hold the Johor and Negeri Sambilan state elections
00:13simultaneously.
00:15Zahid defended the EC, saying its authority to decide on holding the two state elections separately should not be questioned,
00:22especially by a government minister.
00:25Yesterday, the EC announced that the Johor state election will be held on July 11 and the Negeri Sambilan polls
00:31on August 1.
00:33This was criticized by Muda as well as Nga, the DAP deputy chairman, who said the two state elections should
00:39be held concurrently and that the EC chairman must be held accountable.
00:44Nga, the housing and local government minister, also erroneously claimed that both state assemblies were dissolved on the same day.
00:51The Johor Assembly was dissolved on June 1 and the Negeri Sambilan Assembly four days later.
00:57Natasha Bust, FMT.
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