A FEW people have asked me a valid question: is there a possibility that the general election could be postponed, despite being announced?

Well, this has never occurred in the history of Malaysia.

Nevertheless, what happens in the event there are major natural disasters like floods and landslides?

First, currently there is only a caretaker government, meaning there is no ruling party and the government cannot make any policies.

The Federal Constitution has no allowance for a caretaker prime minister.  

Advice to the Royal Palace can only be provided by a sitting prime minister, which technically is void since parliament has been dissolved.

I may be wrong, but the next course of action is that Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah could probably declare a state of emergency in the event a major natural disaster strikes just before polling.

Only this would postpone the general election until the emergency is lifted.

Thereafter the general election must be carried out within 60 days.

Meanwhile, the people in general are very agitated on the timing of the election.

It is clear that the wellbeing and welfare of the public was totally ignored by the prime minister.

He buckled under the pressure by the few in his party and forgot the wishes of the greater crowd.

If indeed a major natural disaster dawns upon us, the people will be more than glad and appreciative to the King, if His Majesty declares a state of emergency.

As we strongly believe that the King has always had the people as his top priority. – October 12, 2022.

* Narinder Pal reads The Malaysian Insight.

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