News about Agong

KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has called on the party’s MPs to retract their support towards Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin following the royal snub over the revocation of the Emergency Ordinances.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): The Dewan Rakyat’s afternoon session was postponed for the third time, now to 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): Yang di-Pertuan Agong is disappointed that the Cabinet had decided to revoke the Emergency Ordinances promulgated during the state of emergency without receiving his consent.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): The Yang di-Pertuan Agong should be the one who revokes and announces the decision on the proclamation of Emergency Ordinance, Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): A suit by Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali (pictured) against ex-prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the government over the termination of his services as the attorney-general (AG) will go into mediation, after the High Court allowed him to retrieve the necessary documents showing the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's consent to his dismissal.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to hold a five-day special parliamentary sitting from July 26 to 29 as well as on Aug 2 for the Dewan Rakyat, and another three days from Aug 3 to 5 for Dewan Negara.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 30): Yang di-Pertuan Agong has decreed that parliamentary sittings should reconvene before Aug 1, 2021, according to Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim and Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 25): Stressing that Yang di-Pertuan Agong must act on the advice of the Cabinet in exercising his power to convene Parliament as provided for by the Federal Constitution, Attorney-General Tan Sri Idrus Harun said the Emergency Ordinance does not remove this requirement.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Following the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's decree yesterday for Parliament to be reconvened as soon as possible, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the government will undertake follow-up measures based on the Federal Constitution and the rule of law.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Former Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof said it is "rightful" and "fitting" for the Cabinet to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to reconvene Parliament as soon as possible before the Emergency period ends.