Emergency orders revoked

KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has revoked six ordinances and proclamations of emergency promulgated in 2020 that prevented by-elections from being held in Batu Sapi, Gerik and Bugaya amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The revocation was stated in the new proclamations and ordinances promulgated at Istana Negara on Thursday, namely the Proclamation of Emergency (Revocation) 2022 for Parliamentary Constituency of P.185 Batu Sapi, Sabah; Emergency (Essential Powers) (Revocation) Ordinance 2022; Proclamation of Emergency (No. 2) (Revocation) 2022 for Parliamentary Constituency of P.054 Gerik, Perak; Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) (Revocation) Ordinance 2022; Proclamation of Emergency (No. 3) (Revocation) 2022 for the State Constituency of N.66 Bugaya, Sabah; and the Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 3) (Revocation) Ordinance 2022.