Terengganu MB to seek royal consent on state assembly dissolution


Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar says he will present the proposal for the dissolution of the state assembly to the sultan tomorrow. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 26, 2023.

TERENGGANU Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar will be having an audience with Sultan of Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin tomorrow to obtain his consent to dissolve the state legislative assembly and pave the way for the elections.

The Rhu Rendang assemblyman said he will be presenting the proposal for the dissolution of the state assembly at Istana Syarqiyyah in Kuala Terengganu.

Asked about the proposed date, he said the matter will be announced after his audience with the sultan.

“Tomorrow, I will have an audience with Tuanku in the morning as I have received consent for the meeting. As soon as I have informed His Highness (I will announce the date),” he told reporters in Kuala Terengganu today.

Samsuri also said the term of the state assembly will end on June 30.

The Terengganu assembly has 32 seats with 22 of them under PAS after the 2018 general election. The rest are held by Barisan Nasional. – Bernama, June 26, 2023.


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