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[Tempatan] Tempoh Ahli Majlis Perbandaran berakhir 30 Jun

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Municipal councillors’ term to end June 30
    Friday, 22 Jun 2018



THE tenure for current councillors in local municipal councils in Selangor which ends on June 30 will not be extended, says Selangor Local Government, Public Transportation and New Village Development Committee chairman Ng Sze Han.

Over the past month, there have been speculations about the tenure of the current batch of councillors, with some believing that the term will be extended until December.

The supposed extension was said to allow the parties time to nominate their preferred candidates as councillors, following the respective party elections.

The elections are expected to take place between August and November.

Ng, however, denied the speculations, saying that councillorship was not linked to party elections.

“Councillorship is not a reward so it should not be linked to the party elections.

“The chosen candidates will not be dropped after the party elections as the councillors’ tenure runs for two years,” he said.

Ng says councillorship is not linked to party elections.


Ng said the respective Pakatan Harapan parties had yet to submit their candidates for the 12 local councils in the state.

“All parties have to submit their candidates’ names by this week,” he added.

The names are expected to be finalised and endorsed in the next executive council meeting which will be held by the end of this month.

The new batch of councillors will report for duty in July.

However, the swearing-in date will be determined by the respective local councils.


Izham says Amanah submitted its list of candidates yesterday.

Ng said the state government encouraged the parties namely PKR, DAP, Parti Amanah Negara and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia to nominate more non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and women this time round.

He said the parties would decide on the number of NGO representatives to nominate.

With regards to the number of women councillors, the state hopes to achieve 30% representation in total.

While the relevant parties would vet their candidates, Ng said the state government would reject the nomination if the candidate was deemed unsuitable.

For now, asset declaration is not applicable when choosing a councillor. However bankrupts cannot be nominated.

Selangor Amanah chief Izham Hashim said the party had finalised all 49 names as its shortlist of candidates and submitted it yesterday.

Previously, Amanah only had 10 councillors under its party quota.


Terence is interested to continue serving the people of Petaling Jaya.

“We have 12 NGO names and are retaining several names, including Nor Mohd Zulkarnain Abdul Yazid in Sepang Municipal Council, Pushpa Nagiah Vengadesan in Kuala Selangor District Council, Rajakumar Batumalai in Hulu Selangor District Council and Siti Maimun Jurini in Sabak Bernam District Council.

“All of our candidates are carefully selected based on their academic background, work experience, party position and time commitment.

“It is a requirement that the councillor must reside in the municipality where they are serving,” added Izham, a former councillor with Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) .

Several MBSA councillors confirmed to StarMetro that they had submitted their nomination papers to their parties.

PKR party whip Tan Ah Kow said he and several others submitted their names last week, but had not heard anything since then.

Meanwhile, the Petaling Jaya City (MBPJ) councillors are ready for the end of their term.

“I hope those chosen will be sworn in the first week of July so that they can carry out their duties effectively,” said current DAP party whip Terence Tan, who hopes to stay on as councillor.

He added that the swearing-in date had not been announced.

Oon will be ending his term as councillor to give others a chance to serve.

“We sent over 10 names for the DAP quota. At least half of the nominees are fresh faces,” said Terence, who added that three names would be for the NGO quota.

Councillor Sean Oon from DAP, who currently oversees SS1, SS3 and SS9A in Petaling Jaya, confirmed that he did not wish to be reappointed after his term at MBPJ ends.

“I am taking a break after more than five years to allow new faces with fresh ideas to participate in the development of Petaling Jaya,” said Oon.

Four other councillors, Mohd Ghazali Daud, Ariffin Mahaiyuddin, Lim Yi Wei and Jamaliah Jamaluddin resigned at the end of April to contest in GE14.

Petaling Jaya PKR party whip Ahmad Akhir Pawan Chik said their list of 10 names had been sent to the party for approval.

“We have gotten all the necessary documentation for our candidates and are now waiting for party approval. We do not know the outcome yet,” said Ahmad Akhir who wants to stay on as councillor.

Out of the 10 names, one will be left for the NGO quota and it will most likely be filled by current councillor Derek Fernandez.

Ahmad Akhir disclosed that a majority of the names sent were incumbents and only one or two new ones had been added to the line-up.
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Post time 22-6-2018 08:52 PM | Show all posts
Semoga Ahli Majlis Perbandaran yang bakal dilantik nantik terus berkhidmat untuk rakyat untuk menrealisasikan impian Malaysia Baharu.
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