The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has consented for Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob not to undergo a confidence vote in Parliament, says de facto Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
"The Federal Constitution has given wide powers to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to appoint the prime minister who he believes commands a majority and at the time, 114 MPs supported (Ismail Sabri).
"Every MP met with the Agong, and I do not think that in such a short time that they would change their position. If it's been six or seven months, then they may change their mind.
"It's unlikely for a change to happen in such a short time. Based on this, His Majesty had consented not to have one - there is no longer a need to hold a confidence vote," Wan Junaidi told journalists in Putrajaya today.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong had previously publicly decreed for the new prime minister to seek a confidence vote in Parliament.
No public announcement was made about the apparent change of position.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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