KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 -- The Dewan Rakyat sitting initially scheduled to begin on March 9 has been postponed to Monday, May 18.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof said he has received the letter of notification calling for the sitting of the House of Representatives signed by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the leader of the House.
"(The notice) informs that the government has decided that the First Meeting of the Third Term of the 14th Parliament which initially slated for Monday, March 9, has been postponed to Monday, May 18,” he said in a statement here today.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah is expected to grace the opening ceremony on May 18 at 10 am.
The first meeting of the Dewan Rakyat will proceed for 15 days until June 23.
-- BERNAMA
