GEORGE TOWN: Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) have agreed that parties that won seats\u00a0during\u00a0the 14th\u00a0general election (GE14) will contest them again in the upcoming\u00a0elections in six states.\u00a0
\nPH secretary-general\u00a0Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail this consensus was agreed upon during preliminary discussions recently on seat allocations by PH and BN for the state polls.
\n\u201cThe first round of discussions has been completed and we agreed to include several parametres\u00a0that\u00a0guide\u00a0matters involving seat allocations, among which is for the winning parties in the 14th\u00a0general election to keep the seats (to contest).\u00a0
\n\u201cWe expect the seat allocations to be completed before the nominations for all six states,\u201d he told newsmen after attending a\u00a0breaking of fast and MADANI \u2018Penerapan Nilai-nilai Murni\u2019 programme organised by the Home Ministry here on Saturday.
\nAlso present were Inspector-General of Police\u00a0Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani and Immigration director-general\u00a0Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
\nSaifuddin Nasution said this when\u00a0asked about preparations and distribution of seats involving PH and BN ahead of the state elections\u00a0in six states, namely Kedah, Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan and Terengganu.
\nIt had been reported that all six states have agreed to dissolve their respective state assemblies in the final two weeks of June to pave the way for state elections to be held.\u00a0
\nSaifuddin\u00a0Nasution said seat distribution discussions among PH parties were now ongoing at the state level based on decisions made by the PH secretariat.\u00a0
\n\u201cMeetings are being held in Kedah and Selangor while Penang and Negeri Sembilan will holding their meetings soon.
\n\u201cI was in Terengganu two days ago where I gave a briefing on negotiation procedures and in a day or two I will be in Kelantan to do the same,\u201d he said.
\nSaifuddin Nasution added that should any party want additional seats but could not reach an agreement at the state level, the matter would then be resolved by the PH central leadership.
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