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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3) Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Wednesday consented to the Proclamation of Emergency for Sarawak, which took effect on Aug 2, to be lifted.
Grand Chamberlain of Istana Negara Datuk Azuan Effendy Zairakithnaini said the consent given by the King was in accordance with Article 40 and 40(1A) of the Federal Constitution.
“It must be clarified here that according to Section 2 of the Emergency (Essential Powers) (Sarawak) Ordinance 2021, the Emergency Proclamation can be lifted earlier by His Majesty upon discussion with the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sarawak (Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud),” he said in a statement here on Wednesday.
The lifting of the Emergency Proclamation will indirectly pave the way for the 12th Sarawak state election, after the term of the current State Legislative Assembly ended on June 6.
Azuan Effendy said Al-Sultan Abdullah gave the consent after granting an audience to Abdul Taib at Istana Negara on Tuesday (Nov 2) to discuss the state’s application for the Emergency Proclamation to be lifted.
Earlier on Wednesday, His Majesty also granted an audience to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob for a pre-Cabinet meeting, during which the latter also gave his advice pertaining to the lifting of the proclamation.
Also granted an audience with the King yesterday were Attorney-General Tan Sri Idrus Harun, Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Election Commission chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh and National Security Council director-general Datuk Rodzi Md Saad.
“Therefore, after considering the application from the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sarawak, the advice from the Prime Minister, as well as the briefing given by the Attorney-General and opinions from the relevant heads of government agencies, His Majesty has consented to the Emergency Proclamation for Sarawak, to be lifted,” Azuan Effendy said.
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