2021 Malaysian state of emergency
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- Parliament and elections were suspended
- The government can introduce laws without approval from parliament
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| Date | 12 January 2021 – 1 August 2021 (except Sarawak, 12 January 2021 – 3 November 2021) |
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The 2021 Malaysian Proclamation of Emergency (Malay: Proklamasi Darurat Malaysia 2021, Tamil: 2021 மலேசிய அவசரநிலை பிரகடனம்) was a federal proclamation of emergency issued by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia Al-Sultan Abdullah of Pahang to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia that was in effect from 12 January 2021 to 1 August 2021 nationwide except Sarawak, where the proclamation was not lifted along with other states on 1 August 2021 for the purpose of delaying the Sarawak state election to 2022. However, the proclamation in Sarawak was subsequently lifted on 3 November 2021.[1][2]
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On 25 October 2020, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah of Pahang rejected Prime Minister Muhyiddin's request for him to issue a Proclamation of Emergency pursuant to Article 150(1) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia in response to a spike in COVID-19 cases throughout Malaysia.[3]
On 16 December 2020, Prime Minister Muhyiddin invoked a state of emergency to stop by-elections scheduled to be held in the Bugaya constituency of Sabah and the Gerik constituency in Perak scheduled for January 2021. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah had assented to the request to impose the states of emergency within these two electorates in response to a third wave of infections, which had risen to a total of 86,000 cases and 422 deaths by 16 December.[4]
On 12 January 2021, Sultan Abdullah of Pahang issued a federal proclamation of emergency until at least 1 August 2021 to curb the spread of COVID-19 and in response to a political crisis involving Prime Minister Muhyiddin's Perikatan Nasional government. Under this proclamation of emergency, parliament and elections were suspended while the Malaysian government was empowered to introduce laws without parliamentary debate and voting.[5][6]