KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has decreed that all party leaders and leaders of political blocs that won the most number of seats in the 15th General Election (GE15) to inform Istana Negara about the new coalition they have agreed upon to form the new government, as well as the name of their Prime Minister candidate, before 2 pm tomorrow.
Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Seri Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has been notified by the Election Commission (EC) that no political party had been able to obtain a simple majority to form the new government after the GE15 yesterday.
As such, he said Istana Negara has sought cooperation from the incumbent Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Azizan Harun to inform the newly-elected people’s representatives to submit their agreed coalition and the name of their PM candidate to Istana Negara.
“In accordance with Article 40(2)(a) and Article 43(2)(a) of the Federal Constitution, His Majesty’s decree and decision on the formation of the new federal government and the appointment of the Prime Minister through this process is final,” he said.
At 1.15 pm today, Al-Sultan Abdullah granted an audience to EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Salleh at Istana Negata and received the document on the official results of the GE15.
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