The Election Commission (EC) is to convene a special meeting on March 6 to discuss the Balingian state seat to be vacated by Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud tomorrow.

The meeting, scheduled to begin at 10am at the EC headquarters in Putrajaya, would be chaired by EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, said EC secretary Abdul Ghani Salleh.

A news conference would be held after the meeting, he said in a statement.

Abdul Ghani said the EC was notified officially yesterday by the speaker of the Sarawak legislative assembly that the Balingian seat would be vacated by Abdul Taib tomorrow.

Abdul Taib is to step down tomorrow as the chief minister of Sarawak after having served in that capacity since 1981.

- Bernama