Sarawak Legislative Assembly to hold special one-day sitting on July 7
KUCHING: The Sarawak Legislative Assembly will convene for a one-day sitting on July 7, confirms Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian.
"We are only informed that there will be a special sitting on July 7. It will be a one-day sitting," he told reporters on Friday (June 20).
When asked what the agenda for the sitting would be, Sim said he did not have the details.
"You have to ask the Premier (Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg)," he said.
A notice, signed by Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar, said the sitting of the fourth term of the 19th Sarawak Legislative Assembly was convened in line with the provision of Standing Order 8(3).
According to the Sarawak constitution, the state legislative assembly was required to meet at least once every six months.
Standing Order 8(3) provides that the legislature can meet at an earlier date should public interest require it.
The state assembly's most recent meeting was held from May 19 to 28.
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