‘I expected it’, Anifah says, as by-election officially on for Kimanis seat after apex court ruling | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — The Federal Court today upheld the decision of the election court that the Kimanis parliamentary constituency results were null and void. In doing so, the court has officially paved the way for a by-election in the federal constituency. News portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT)...

Monday, 02 Dec 2019 03:10 PM MYTA five-member bench led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat rendered the GE14 win by former foreign minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman as null and void. — Bernama pic

“There were numerous discrepancies in the conduct and widespread non-compliance of the election laws,” she said, adding that it had affected the outcome of the polls.“I expected it,” he said when contacted. Anifah is the younger brother of former Sabah chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman and is currently party-less after leaving Umno in September 2018.During GE14, he held on to the seat by a margin of 156 votes, or a total of 11,942 votes, over Parti Warisan Sabah’s Datuk Karim Bujang. Parti Harapan’s Jaafar Ismail garnered 1,300 votes.

“It is a landmark decision and case, as this case went through the striking out application and the full merits of the case put forward by the petitioner before the Election Court and the Federal Court,” said Syaiful.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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