Parliament adjourns special meeting after uproar following King’s statement

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat adjourned its special meeting to 2.30pm today following a 15-minute break from 12.30pm as an uproar ensued after the MPs learned of an Istana Negara statement on the government-announced July 21 revocation of emergency ordinances.  Deputy Speaker Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon, who was in the chair then, cited Standing Order 12(2) […]

Emergency Ordinances revoked in haste

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has expressed utmost disappointment with the statement made in Parliament last Monday that the government had revoked all Emergency Ordinances under the ongoing emergency without His Majesty’s consent. Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the King was also very […]