SULTAN Muhammad V has stepped down as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong with immediate effect, announced the Comptroller of the Royal Household today.
Wan Ahmad Dahlan Ab Aziz said Sultan Muhammad V was stepping down in accordance with Article 32(3) of the Federal Constitution.
This articles states that the Agong may at any time resign his office by writing to the Conference of Rulers or be removed from office by the Conference of Rulers.
“His Royal Highness has informed this matter officially to the other rulers by writing to the secretary of the Conference of Rulers,” said the statement, which was issued from Istana Negara.
Wan Ahmad also said Sultan Muhammad V was ready to leave for Kelantan “to be with the state government and the people to protect and develop the state for the people’s benefit”.
Sultan Muhammad V, who is the Kelantan ruler, rumoured to have been asked to abdicate following his reported marriage to former Russian model Oksana Voevodina. Istana Negara has neither confirmed nor denied the wedding.
It was also reported that the Malay rulers had an unscheduled meeting on Wednesday night, purportedly to discuss a matter regarding the monarchy.
The Malaysian Insight also learnt that the Agong met a senior ruler for dinner last night at a leading hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Friday said he has no knowledge of Sultan Muhammad V’s rumoured intention to abdicate.
He said he, too, had heard the rumours but did not receive official information.
“Like you, I have heard rumours. I didn’t receive letters or any official indication… so I am not going to talk about it.”
Last year, Sultan Muhammad V took a two-month leave and the Agong’s duties were taken over by Perak’s Sultan Nazrin Shah, which ended on December 31, 2018.
During his absence, believed to be due to medical treatment, it was reported that Sultan Muhammad V had married the former Russian beauty queen in Moscow.
Sultan Muhammad V was proclaimed as the country’s 15th Agong for a period of five years on December 13, 2016.
In his statement today, Wan Ahmad said Sultan Muhammad V thanked his fellow Malay rulers for electing him as the Agong.
The Malay rulers will now have to meet to decide on who among them would be the nation’s 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. – January 6, 2019.
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