Speaker to write to PM to fix Dewan Rakyat sitting

Speaker to write to PM to fix Dewan Rakyat sitting

Speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof says he will be writing to the PM to determine when the Dewan Rakyat will sit.

The Dewan Rakyat speaker is not sure whether the lower house’s sitting scheduled for March 9 will proceed or will be postponed.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof said he will be communicating with newly-appointed Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on whether the lower house’s sitting scheduled for March 9 will proceed or is postponed.
Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof.

He said that he would be writing an official letter to the prime minister on the matter tomorrow.

“Tomorrow, I will be writing to the PM to seek further information as to when the Dewan Rakyat will sit before making an announcement.

“Just wait, I myself do not know because I don’t decide the dates for Dewan Rakyat sittings,” he said when met by reporters after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Muhyiddin as the 8th prime minister of Malaysia at Istana Negara today.

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is scheduled to open the Third Meeting of the 14th Parliament on March 9 but the sitting may not take place on that date due to the change in government today.

Muhyiddin leads a new coalition government following the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government last Monday.

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