EC notified on Jepak state seat vacancy, says Sarawak speaker

KUCHING: Sarawak State Assembly Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar said he has notified the Election Commission (EC) on the vacancy of the Jepak state seat.

Mohamad Asfia told reporters that the notice on the vacancy dated today was submitted to EC chairman Tan Sri Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Salleh.

The seat fell vacant after its assemblyman Datuk Talib Zulpilip died from kidney complications last week after being admitted to the Normah Medical Centre here.

Talib, a former minister in the Sarawak Chief Minister's Office (Integrity and Ombudsman), was 72. He has served as Jepak assemblyman for six terms since 1996.

The state constitution requires a by-election to be held within 60 days from the date a vacant position is confirmed.

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