AG asked to reveal advice to govt on Parliament's six-month lapse period

A group of civil society organisations including Bersih has called on Attorney-General Idrus Harun to give his public view on the Federal Constitution requiring Parliament to convene six months from the previous sitting.

This was after Idrus (above) publicly said the reconvening of Parliament was a decision for the cabinet and not at the discretion of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong who had called for a sitting "as soon as possible".

The government had planned to convene Parliament in September or...