SULTAN OF SELANGOR CONSENTS TO DISSOLUTION OF STATE ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY

This was announced by the Sultan of Selangor’s private secretary Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani at a ceremony on the dissolution of the state assembly at Balai Dewan Diraja, Istana Alam Shah here today.

His Highness also signed the proclamation on the dissolution of the state assembly.

Earlier, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari had an audience with the Sultan of Selangor to seek His Highness’ consent to dissolve the state assembly.

Also present at the ceremony was Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

Also in attendance were State Secretary Datuk Haris Kasim, Selangor State Assembly Speaker Ng Suee Lim and members of the Dewan Diraja Selangor.

Selangor is among three states under Pakatan Harapan (PH) which will hold their state elections this year, with the other two being Penang and Negeri Sembilan, which have announced that they will dissolve their state assemblies on June 28 and 30 respectively.

Apart from this, three states ruled by Perikatan Nasional (PN) will also hold their state polls this year, namely Kelantan, which will dissolve its state assembly on June 22 and Kedah (June 28), while Terengganu has yet to announce its dissolution date.

With the consent given by Sultan Sharafuddin, the Selangor State Assembly will be dissolved just two days before the expiry of its term on June 25.–BERNAMA