Pengambilan penjawat awam baharu secara kontrak dilakukan untuk tempoh singkat sebelum Kabinet meluluskan dasar baharu pengambilan secara tetap tetapi tidak berpencen, kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Initially given two seats, last-minute negotiations within Barisan Nasional now lands MCA with the staunchly DAP seats of Kota Laksamana and Bandar Hilir
Besides notable incumbents defending their seats such as Melaka CM Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh and Melaka Pakatan chief Adly Zahari, the Prime Minister’s political secretary Datuk Azman Abidin will contest his maiden election in Paya Rumput