Pakatan Harapan has urged the Election Commission (EC) to allow face-to-face campaigning activities and political gatherings in the upcoming Johor state election.

It claimed that this should be allowed because the Covid-19 situation in Malaysia has stabilised, which would allow such activities to be conducted safely.

“Since the Covid-19 situation in Malaysia is becoming endemic with the number of cases and hospital admissions being quite stable, and with nearly 80 percent (of the population) being fully vaccinated and over 30 percent receiving...