Shafie: Agong wants new PM's legitimacy to be tested in Parliament

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong wants whoever is chosen as the new prime minister through the MPs’ statutory declarations (SDs) to have his or her legitimacy tested in Parliament, Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal said.

Shafie said the king expressed this during the meeting between the ruler and all political party leaders yesterday afternoon.

“These SDs involving 220 MPs in our country are to...