Ex-AG Thomas: Agong can call for confidence vote to solve political impasse

The country’s current political impasse, which sees the Perikatan Nasional government’s legitimacy in doubt, can be solved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, according to former attorney-general Tommy Thomas.

Given that the government has agreed to reopen the Parliament by Aug 1, he said, the king can tell Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to go through a motion of confidence in the Dewan Rakyat.

“There is one solution to the impasse...