Dewan Speaker calls for MPs’ statutory declarations for PM candidates

KUALA LUMPUR – Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun has called for parties to submit directly to Istana Negara by 2pm tomorrow the names of MPs who will support them in a coalition with the required numbers to form a new federal government.

The parties must also name an MP in their coalition that has support to be the 10th prime minister, which must be affirmed by each of the coalition’s MP via a statutory declaration.

Azhar said he had written to party heads and secretaries-general on the documents required.

He said he wrote to parties that “hold a substantial number of seats” who are to present the name of independent MPs, if any, supporting them in a coalition of at least 112 seats for the purpose of forming a federal government. – The Vibes, November 20, 2022

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