KUALA LUMPUR: It is for the constituents to decide if he should relinquish his seat because the Pasir Salak MP, says Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman.
“Now that I’m an envoy, whether or not I should give up my seat is for my constituents to decide,” he stated.
He added that it was additionally for his social gathering to decide if he might stand as a candidate within the subsequent normal election.
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Speaking to media on the sidelines of the Human Resources Ministry’s Hari Raya celebration right here on Tuesday (May 31), Tajuddin stated that he was assured he may very well be each an MP and Ambassador to Indonesia.
Tajuddin stated he was slated to obtain his credentials from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on June twentieth.
He added that he might solely depart for Jakarta to start his duties as an envoy as soon as he obtained his credentials from the King.
The query got here after Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah requested Tajuddin whether or not he would give up his position as an MP to take up the ambassador’s put up.
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On requires normal elections by sure factions inside Umno, he stated whereas folks have views but it surely was the choice of the social gathering that they’d have to abide by.
“The social gathering’s choice is one factor, the federal government’s is one other,” stated Tajuddin.
He stated Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has two roles to play; as the pinnacle of the federal government as Prime Minister and as an Umno vp.
He added that the facility to dissolve Parliament lies with Cabinet and never the social gathering.
“The social gathering can ask, urge or request. But the Constitution is every thing,” he added.
