This was announced in a press conference by assembly speaker Ab Rauf Yusoh.

Rauf said the date for the state polls will be decided by the Election Commission.

“That (date) will be handled by the EC – it is no longer our business. We have dissolved the state assembly. Now, we leave it to the EC to manage the state polls.”

He added that the current administration would remain as a caretaker government until the state polls.

“The EC can propose SOPs (for Covid-19) and it will depend on the National Security Council and the health ministry to decide on the next step,” Rauf added.

Yesterday, former Melaka chief minister and Sungai Udang assemblyman Idris Haron announced that the state government had fallen.

This comes after three executive councillors resigned and an Umno assemblyman withdrew his support for Sulaiman.

Along with Idris, former DAP man Norhizam Hassan Baktee (Pengkalan Batu), Bersatu’s Noor Effandi Ahmad (Telok Mas) and Umno’s Nor Azman Hassan (Pantai Kundor) had also retracted their support for the state government.

The announcement came after a week-long speculation over plans to oust Sulaiman as chief minister, supposedly after two months of negotiations between Pakatan Harapan and the four state assemblymen.

Yesterday, the four representatives and 11 PH assemblymen sought a meeting with the Yang di-Pertua Negeri.

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