KUCHING: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has advised the Sarawak government to keep functioning even though the state legislative assembly’s term will end after June 6.
The King stated that the state government had the power to continue functioning during the Emergency period as allowed by His Majesty through the Emergency declaration effective from Jan 11 until Aug 1.
“His Majesty has made the advice in view of the worrying Covid-19 situation so that the state government can function as usual with the power vested under the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021, ” said a statement issued by the Sarawak Chief Minister’s Office here yesterday.