OTHER PAKATAN RAKYAT STATES SHOULD ALSO FULFIL PLEDGE TO HOLD LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION

I refer to the reported news that the Pakatan Rakyat government in Penang had requested the Election Commission to conduct local government election for the Penang and Seberang Perai municipal councils.

Although the call for the local government election is made 2 years after the last general election, it is “better late than never” for Pakatan Rakyat to fulfill their pledge in all the Pakatan Rakyat led states.

In this regards, I hope that all other Pakatan Rakyat led states, being Kedah, Kelantan and Selangor would follow the call by their counterpart in Penang to send their formal request to the Election Commission to conduct local government elections.

There is no reason why the pledge by Pakatan Rakyat in the last general election only need to be implemented in Penang. There is no mention in the last general election that the pledge by Pakatan Rakyat would only be conducted in Penang.

In the event that the other Pakatan Rakyat led states (i.e. Kedah, Kelantan and Selangor) do not intend to submit their request to the Election Commission to conduct local government elections within their respective Pakatan Rakyat led states, then it is clear that Pakatan Rakyat do not have the same policy for each and every states under their administration. Thus, Pakatan Rakyat would then need to prepare a separate manifesto for each state that they would contest in the next general election and spell it out clearly which state those pledge would be honored.