Countdown for Putrajaya begins


PETALING JAYA: All leaders of political parties and coalitions that have won the most number of parliamentary seats in the 15th General Election have until 2pm today to inform Istana Negara about a new alliance to form a government and submit the name of their prime minister candidate, decrees the King.

Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Seri Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the King had been notified by the Election Commission (EC) that no political party was able to obtain a simple majority to form the new government after GE15.

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