PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has decried the decision by the Dewan Rakyat to only allow the opening address by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong during the one-day meeting on May 18, claiming it did not fulfil the rules of the August house.
The former prime minister said that the Agong’s royal address was on behalf of the government and that it should be debated and then put for a vote
He also decried the decision to delay the meeting and to not allow the request for a eight-day meeting. Dr Mahathir also said that he had been waiting for a chance to explain his motion to table a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, which was accepted by the Dewan Rakyat.
He also claimed that Muhyiddin’s appointment as Prime Minister was not valid at the time of his swearing in, and that the Dewan Rakyat could determine this.Aside from the opening of the meeting by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the session was only to settle government business.
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