Dewan Rakyat, Senate speakers urge PM to convene Parliament before Aug 1

• UPDATED 3PM: Included joint statement by Dewan Rakyat Speaker and Dewan Negara President.

Following their audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong yesterday, the speakers of Parliament’s upper and lower houses have called for a sitting to be held before the emergency ends.

In a joint statement this afternoon, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun and Dewan Negara President Rais Yatim directed their call at Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin...