Malaysia's embattled leader was accused of treason and urged to quit Thursday after the king denounced his crisis-hit government for misleading parliament, a rare public rebuke from the revered monarch.
FILE PHOTO: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin speaks during a news conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng//File Photo
On Monday, the law minister told the legislature the emergency would end on August 1 and that several regulations enacted under it were being cancelled. It “did not just fail to respect the principles of the sovereignty of the law…. but it undermined the functions and powers of his majesty as head of state,” it said.
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim urged Muhyiddin to quit as his government had “gone against the constitution, insulted the institution of the constitutional monarchy and confused parliament”.Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the president of the United Malays National Organisation — the biggest party in Muhyiddin’s coalition — also accused the premier of treason and urged him to resign.
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