KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's King has finally made clear he wants Parliament to end its seven-month hiatus before the state of emergency expires on Aug 1. But the decision to summon the legislature remains in Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's hands whilst the emergency is in force.
The repeated calls by the King, Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, and eight other state rulers, to allow elected representatives to debate on the best approach to tackling the deepening Covid-19, economic and political crises, have nonetheless ramped up pressure on Tan Sri Muhyiddin to reconvene Parliament, where his majority is in doubt.
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