Month: June 2021

1. There is currently a contentious debate on whether the YDPA can summon Parliament using his own discretion, instead of adhering to the constitutional monarchy convention of acting on the advice of the PM/Cabinet. 2. The Attorney General has recently issued a statement that, in such a matter, the YDPA must still act on the…

Dato’ Seri Takiyuddin, the Minister in charge of Parliament & Law, today said that the decision to end of extend the Emergency does not lie solely in the hands of the YDPA. And that “the onus is on the Cabinet to continue advising His Highness, as the head of state, in making decisions on the…