SHAH ALAM (July 9): Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has agreed to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly reconvening for eight days starting August 23. In a statement issued today, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari stated Al-Sultan Abdullah has granted permission for the state assembly to reassemble through a letter dated July 6. (Tuesday).
Amirudin added that the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, had also granted his assent for the 14th Selangor State Legislative Assembly’s inaugural meeting in 2021.
“The Sultan of Selangor has agreed to attend the Selangor Darul Ehsan State Assembly’s inauguration ceremony on Monday, August 23.
He stated that the Selangor administration is grateful to His Majesty Sultan Abdullah and His Royal Highness Sultan Sharafuddin, who are always concerned about the state’s freedom of democratic practice.
Amirudin stated that after being sworn in, the state assembly would meet for nine days, from August 24 to 27, August 30, September 1-3, and September 6.
He went on to say that the assembly meeting would follow the regular format, with question and answer sessions and discussions, rather than being a special session.
“In accordance with the legislature’s role as a check and balance system to the executive, this state assembly sitting will be conducted in accordance with standard operating procedures and will focus on all state government efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19, as well as feedback and suggestions from state assemblymen.”
This is also in keeping with the people’s wishes that the Selangor administration make every decision wisely and prudently, while also stepping up measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in the state “he stated/n
