Despite the week-long delay, opposition member Lim Guan Eng demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob file a confidence motion as soon as Parliament returns. The Bagan MP stated failing to do so would be unlawful and a disobedience to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s prior order. “This is clearly to accommodate Ismail, who is under home quarantine following …

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob of UMNO as the country’s ninth prime minister after concluding that he has the confidence of a majority in Parliament. Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Indera Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin stated in a statement on behalf of Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah said His Majesty believed the appointment …

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, head of UMNO, stated that his party refuses Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s bipartisan offer made in his special address. In a statement, he said that Muhyiddin’s offer made to those who oppose him is a clear admission that he has lost the Dewan Rakyat‘s majority support and lacks the legitimacy to perform his …