His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, delivering the Royal Address as Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, Queen of Malaysia, looks on at the opening ceremony of the Third Session of the 15th Parliament at the Dewan Rakyat on Feb 26. — Photo from Sultan Ibrahim’s official Facebook page
EMBODYING the role of a constitutional monarch, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong acts as a unifying figure, with his powers and duties as the Supreme Head of the Federation being defined clearly by the Federal Constitution and Parliamentary Acts.
To this day, the royal institution remains firmly rooted within the framework of the constitutional monarchy system, which was introduced in 1957 after the country achieved independence.
