BN leaders don’t know of any audience with King

 

MIC’s S A Vigneswaran, Umno’s Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and MCA’s Wee Ka Siong have all said they don’t know of any meeting with the King. (UMNO Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA: Despite reports that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong would be meeting leaders of political parties soon, Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders have yet to receive any invitation for an audience with the King.

Aides to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and MCA president Wee Ka Siong, and MIC president S A Vigneswaran himself all said they had not received any notification of a meeting with the King.

“Maybe the invitations only involve main parties,” Vigneswaran said simply when contacted by FMT today.

Gerakan, which is a part of Perikatan Nasional, also did not receive any information on meeting the King. Its president Dominic Lau said he believed it was just rumours aimed at adding pressure to the Muhyiddin Yassin-led government.

“It’s time for political parties and leaders to stop fighting for their own interests and focus their efforts on helping the people who have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.

An online news portal had reported that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, would be meeting with leaders of all political parties from Wednesday to Friday.

The meeting is reportedly meant to discuss the end of the Emergency, which is slated to expire on Aug 1, as well as the reopening of Parliament.

According to sources, the King would first be meeting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Bersatu president, followed by the leaders of other parties.

However, the source said the audience was simply to get the leaders’ views, quashing rumours that a new administration would be formed to take over Putrajaya. - FMT