KUCHING, Apr 24: The new name for the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) will be announced in a media conference after the DUN Sarawak pre-session meeting this May.
DUN Sarawak Speaker Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar said the announcement will be made in an official capacity.
“In the upcoming media conference, you can raise the matter again. Yes, (the media conference) will be held after Labour Day (May 1),” he said when met after the PETRONAS Hari Raya Aidilfitri Open House here on Wednesday.
The Sarawak State Legislative Assembly session begins on May 6.
Recently, Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier’s Department (Law, MA63, and State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said the renaming of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly to Sarawak Legislative Assembly is appropriate, as Sarawak is recognised as a region.
She added the change is in line with the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).-TVS
