King can use 2010 apex court ruling to ask PM to resign, says lawyer

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PETALING JAYA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong can direct Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his Cabinet to tender their resignation in accordance with a legal principle established by the Federal Court in 2010, a lawyer said.

Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin said failure to do so would mean they are deemed to have vacated their offices automatically.

He said the King could then determine whether any other MP commands the confidence of the majority among the MPs and form a new government.

“Alternatively, the King can dissolve Parliament and form a caretaker government pending the holding of a general election,” he told FMT.

Firoz was referring to the dismissal of Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as menteri besar of Perak in February 2009 after the sultan came to the conclusion that he had lost majority support, based on extraneous factor.


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