Elections on Oct 8? Most likely not, says law minister
HURIN EIN17 Aug 2022 09:46pm
Law minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar says cyber troopers may have initiated the speculations.
Wan Junaidi said cyber troopers might have initiated the speculations.
“It's like how they did it before over which minister is becoming this or which minister is becoming that. It’s the same, it’s all the same story,” he said during the Singapore National day reception.
Photos of Parliament may be dissolved by September 1 and elections on Oct 8 were widely circulated on social media yesterday.
He said he is confident that the prime minister may wait to announce the national budget.
He also added another factor to be taken into consideration is the weather.
“We have to take into account the monsoon season in November and December in Peninsula Malaysia and monsoon in Sarawak in January and February,” he said.
He also said that it is up to the King and the prime minister to decide on the dissolution of the Parliament.
He hoped for the political funding bill will be completed before the parliament is dissolved.
