SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee showing the Standing Orders as he questions the timing of the assembly’s dissolution.
KOTA KINABALU: The dissolution of the Sabah Legislative Assembly on Monday (Oct 6) was rushed, likely driven by confusion over when its current term would automatically end, claims Datuk Yong Teck Lee.
The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president said Article 21(3) of the Sabah Constitution clearly states that the State Assembly "shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for five years from the date of its first sitting and shall stand dissolved," – with the key phrase being "first sitting."
