Besides Perak, the others are Selangor, Penang, Melaka, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis and Sabah, all of whom have either fixed the dates for the sitting or are awaiting consent from their Rulers and governors.
However, the two PAS-led states of Kelantan and Kedah have said that they will only call for the sitting after the emergency is lifted.
The Perak government will seek an audience with the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, to present him with the proposed date and obtain his consent for the assembly to reconvene.
Speaker Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid said menteri besar Saarani Mohamad would brief the Sultan on the proposed date for the state assembly sitting.
“Once we obtain the consent, we will issue a notice to call for the assembly sitting,” he said when contacted by Bernama here today.
Previously, Mohammad Zahir was reported to have said that the Perak assembly should reconvene no later than this June, after the last sitting was held in December last year during the presentation of the state budget 2021.
On June 16, the King expressed his view that Parliament should reconvene as soon as possible, to allow the Emergency Ordinances and the National Recovery Plan to be debated by members of the Dewan Rakyat.
In a statement, the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal Syed Danial Syed Ahmad, was reported to have said that, at the state level, the Rulers were also of the view that the state legislative assemblies should be allowed to reconvene as soon as possible.
On June 18, the Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Sabah governments announced that they would seek the consent of the states’ rulers for the assemblies to reconvene, and in Perlis, it is scheduled to reconvene for three days from Aug 24.
On June 19, it was reported that Melaka would reconvene its assembly no later than mid-July once the actual date was gazetted.
Yesterday, Kedah menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said Kedah has not planned to reconvene the state assembly yet, and will only hold it after Parliament reconvenes as it is still bound by the Emergency Ordinance.
Kelantan assembly speaker Abdullah Ya’kub had reportedly said it will reconvene only after Parliament announces the date of its session.