Royal signal, positions and deals - What to expect in Ismail's first Parliament meet

Parliament will reconvene on Sept 13, the first time under newly-minted Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

It will also be the first “real” Dewan Rakyat sitting in 270 days since it last sat on December 17 last year.

A special four-day Parliament sitting was only held in July half-heartedly by the then Muhyiddin Yassin government after pressure from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

On the verge of collapse and wary of parliamentary manoeuvring that could oust it, the Muhyiddin government turned the special sitting into a series of briefing sessions by ministers with zero legislative agenda. His government eventually collapsed anyway.

With Ismail Sabri now in the driver seat...