AGC to oppose Bersatu’s bid to vacate 4 Sabah parliamentary seats


The Attorney-General’s Chambers is against Bersatu’s bid to press Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul into declaring as vacant four Sabah parliamentary seats. – Wikipedia pic, June 1, 2023.

THE Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) will raise an objection against Bersatu’s application for leave to initiate a judicial review against Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul and four MPs from Sabah. 

Bersatu filed the legal action for Johari to declare as vacant the seats held by the four MPs.

Senior Federal Counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly, representing the AGC, said the objection will be raised at the hearing of the judicial review application on August 29 before High Court judge Amarjeet Singh.

“The judicial review leave application is set for case management online before Deputy Registrar Firdaus Sidqi Sharil Azli today,” he said when contacted.

When contacted, lawyer Chetan Jethwani, representing Bersatu, confirmed the matter.

The judicial review application was filed on April 17 by Bersatu vice-president Ronald Kiandee and Muhammad Suhaimi Yahya as public officers of the party.

Bersatu named Johari and MPs Armizan Mohd Ali (Papar), Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan (Batu Sapi), Jonathan Yasin (Ranau) and Matbali Musah (Sipitang) as the first to fifth respondents.

Bersatu is seeking an order to revoke a decision made by Johari, through a letter dated January 16, which states the second to fifth respondents clarified and confirmed there were no vacant parliamentary seats based on the interpretation of the constitutions of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah and Bersatu.

Bersatu is also seeking a declaration the four MPs had ceased to be members of the Dewan Rakyat in accordance with article 49A of the Federal Constitution, as well as an order for Johari to confirm the four seats as vacant. – Bernama, June 1, 2023.


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