Returning King’s power to pass laws vital if Pakatan wins GE14, says law expert


Nabihah Hamid

Law expert Dr Abdul Aziz Bari says he does not think judges will allow Anwar Ibrahim's application to nullify three laws that were passed without royal assent. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 5, 2018.

IF Pakatan Harapan wins the coming election and hopes to remain in power, it will need the King to have his old powers of assenting to laws.

Otherwise, opposition politicians fear, Putrajaya could invoke the sweeping powers in the National Security Council (NSC) Act, which came into force without royal assent, and suspend Parliament.


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