KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Parliament sitting will be called as soon as possible before Aug 1 as decided by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the Leader of the House.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Takiyuddin Hassan said the matter will be finalised in the Cabinet meeting on July 7.
“The federal government has always been consistent in upholding the Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree in all matters concerning the country’s administration, including those related to parliamentary proceedings.
“As such, Prime Minister as the Leader of the House has decided to call for the Parliament to reconvene as soon as possible before Aug 1,” he said in a statement here Friday.
On June 30, Senate president Dr Rais Yatim and Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament) Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun in a joint statement proposed to the Prime Minister for the special sitting of Parliament to be held before Aug 1 in accordance with the existing laws.
It followed the call by the King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah for Parliament sitting to be held as soon as possible.
