FROM appointing the Prime Minister to dissolving parliament, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has an array of functions and roles as defined under the Federal Constitution.
In a write-up on Malaysia’s constitutional monarchy, law expert Emeritus Prof Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi said the King has a role in all three branches of the government (executive, legal and judiciary), as well as in relation to Islam.
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