Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (The Edge filepix) – A + A GEORGE TOWN (Aug 5): The Penang government will leave it to the High Court to decide whether four assemblymen who withdrew support for the state government in 2020 should vacate their seats, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the State Executive Council had decided to instruct the state government’s solicitors to write to the High Court in Penang for an early date in respect of all three originating summons (OS) filed by the Seberang Jaya, Sungai Acheh, Bertam and Telok Bahang assemblymen. Chow said the proceedings at the High Court were earlier put on hold, pending the determination of a legal question by the Federal Court. He said the parties would now need to appear before the High Court to see whether the three OS should continue or be disposed of, in accordance with the Federal Court's unanimous decision. “Any decision made by the High Court shall be part of the process in declaring the affected seats vacant, as the case may be; and guided by the Federal Court's unanimous decision, Article 14A of the Penang State Constitution is constitutional and shall remain as it is. "As such, there shall not be any… Read full this story
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