“There is no policy on this. There are some states where candidates (are allowed) to contest two (state and parliamentary) seats,” he told a press conference here today.

“It depends on the situation in each state,” he said, adding it is up to the state committees to recommend their list of candidates to the party’s top leadership.

Chow, the Batu Kawan MP, was asked if DAP will allow any other MP to contest a state seat aside from himself.

Before the dissolution of the Penang state assembly today, DAP chairman and Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng was also the Air Putih assemblyman.

Chow also said the Penang DAP leadership is in the midst of interviewing the incumbent assemblymen ahead of the state election.

On Muda’s decision to contest in the six state elections on its own, he said he preferred straight fights between Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional.

In the last general election (GE15), he said, many candidates who contested in multi-cornered fights ended up losing.

On Monday, Muda said it will contest the state elections on its own, setting up clashes with allies PH and BN, which are Perikatan Nasional’s main rivals.

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