King: All parties should find common ground to ensure Malaysia's prosperity and survival

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V giving the Royal address during the opening of the first session of the 14th Parliament. - AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The King has advised all quarters to accept the decision of the rakyat in choosing their Government.

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V said the minds of the rakyat are greatly shaped by media reports which is filled with sensation and speculations.

He noted that the people should not be emotional nor allow their minds to be coloured by slander and have narrow and closed minds.

"I hope that all parties will make the effort to have a sincere clarity and work hard to form pure and genuine unity," he said in his Royal address at the opening of the 14th Parliament on Tuesday (July 17).

The King added that all parties should find common ground and not differences in working together to ensure the nation's prosperity and survival.

The King also called on the Government, private sector and the rakyat to continue to wok together in restructuring society, especially to better the economy of the less fortunate.

"The defending of those sidelined economically should not be viewed as a discriminative racial policy but as an effort to right social injustice which has been long been inherited," added the King.

Sultan Muhammad V also welcomed the Government's move to uphold transparency, particularly by exposing the nation's true financial situation while reviewing cost of certain projects and managing finances prudently.

The King also supported the Government's move to abolish the Goods and Services Tax (GST), stabilising petrol prices and providing cost of living aid to lessen the burden of the rakyat.