SHAH ALAM – The Selangor government has declared a public holiday for Friday Nov 18, a day before polling day.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari (picture) the decision would be gazetted after being approved by the state government meeting next Wednesday.
“Selangor has the highest number of voters in Malaysia at 3,677,848 and there are a large number of Malaysians who work and reside in the state but vote in their hometowns located in other states.
“I have also held preliminary discussion (regarding the public holiday) with the states under Pakatan Harapan, but Selangor finalised this matter earlier and announced it today,” he told a special press conference here today.
He said the state government also hoped that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob would announce a similar holiday nationwide to enable the people to go out and vote in the Nov 19 general election. – Bernama
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