Umno wants Parliament to convene during Emergency


PETALING JAYA: Umno supreme council wants the Perikatan Nasional government to allow Parliament to sit during the state of emergency, says Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.

He said that Parliament and state assemblies could convene in line with a statement by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al- Mustafa Billah Shah.

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