Palace source denies Agong to meet Anwar today
PKR sources have said they expected the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong to meet with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim today but a palace source says otherwise.
The palace source disputed claims that a meeting will take place today but did not elaborate...
PKR sources have said they expected the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong to meet with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim today but a palace source says otherwise.
The palace source disputed claims that a meeting will take place today but did not elaborate.
The PKR sources had said they expected the meeting to happen at 2.30pm today at Istana Abdulaziz in Kuantan, Pahang.
Earlier, PKR information chief Fahmi Fadzil said he had no information on the matter.
After the palace's denial, Fahmi issued a statement to say that the meeting was untrue.
This was amid a brewing constitutional crisis between the ruler and the Perikatan Nasional government.
The Agong on Thursday (July 29), through Istana Negara, publicly reprimanded the government for allegedly misleading Parliament and acting unconstitutionally.
This was after the federal government revoked the emergency ordinances without the ruler's assent.
The ruler had wanted the emergency ordinances to be debated in Parliament but the government refused.
The government is seen to be reluctant to allow any vote in Parliament due to its uncertain majority.
The emergency ordinances can be removed either by revocation by the government with the ruler's assent or be annulled in Parliament.
The administration has insisted that the Agong must comply with its advice to revoke the emergency ordinances.
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