As politicians gear up for the Melaka state polls next month, the Health Ministry (MOH) dropped a bombshell!

All political gatherings and events related to elections will not be allowed from today (October 25) to November 27th.

Photo via Harakah Daily

“Anyone found guilty of organising gatherings will be slapped with a compound or face charges in court”, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

This is the first time such ban is being imposed by the MOH.

The ban includes functions to launch election machinery of the various parties.

You must be wondering why.

Khairy says this (the ban) is needed to reduce the risk of new COVID-19 cases.

His Ministry is concerned that there will be a number of public gatherings taking place before election day.

Polling day is set to take place on November 20th, while nomination day is scheduled to take place on November 8th.

KKM larang sebarang aktiviti, perhimpunan atau majlis sosial berkaitan pilihan raya.

Ia berkuat kuasa hari ini hingga 27 November dan terpakai untuk PRN Melaka 20 November nanti.

Tujuannya untuk mengurangkan risiko penularan dan peningkatan mendadak kes COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/6l6AIWIU5B

— Astro Radio News (@AstroRadioNews) October 25, 2021

By: Roshini Ravindran