MARUDI – The Election Commission (EC) workers for the remaining 11 polling centres in the Baram parliamentary constituency have been deployed in stages today, with the first helicopter departing Marudi Airport at 9.49am.
The first helicopter, bound for Lio Mato, was carrying four EC workers while the second helicopter left for Long Luteng at 9.53am.
Yesterday, the EC had decided that the voters at the 11 polling centres in Baram who could not go to the polls would vote tomorrow.
In an interview last night, returning officer Belayong Pok hoped for good weather today so as to ensure the smooth mobilisation of the remaining EC workers to the 11 polling centres.
He said the official results for the Baram parliamentary seat would only be announced once all 194 ballot boxes, including the ones from the 11 polling centres, reached the tallying centre at Marudi Civic Centre.
“We hope for good weather and that the ballot boxes can reach us by Monday evening.” – Borneo Post Online, November 20, 2022
