Sarawak politicians all for joint general-state elections

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The tenure of the Sarawak state assembly expires on June 6 but elections cannot be held until after the emergency is lifted.KUCHING: With the Sarawak government’s tenure coming to a natural end on June 6 and with many clamouring for a general election as well, both the federal level and state-level elections could be held together, for the first time since 1974.Politicians on both sides of the divide are seeing the joint elections as the correct solution.Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, a senior member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), the lynchpin of the ruling GPS coaltion, said the current state assembly would automatically expire on June 6, and the state election must be held within 60 days of the dissolution.However, no election can be held until Aug 1 following the declaration of emergency by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah.“So, we can’t ha…