The Penang State Legislative Assembly today accepted the reasons given by Pantai Jerejak assemblyman Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail for being absent during the opening of the First Meeting of the Fifth Session of the 14th Penang State Assembly.
Speaker Datuk Law Choo Kiang said the state assembly had received a letter dated May 23 (Monday) from Saifuddin on Tuesday.
According to him, in the letter, Saifuddin had explained to the assembly that he could not attend the sitting because he had to attend some meetings abroad.
He told reporters here today.
Earlier, Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak officiated the First Meeting of the Fifth Session of the 14th Penang Legislative Assembly at the DUN Building, Lebuh Light today.
In Oct 2020, a commotion broke out during the state assembly sitting following a verbal exchange among a few members of the house over the absence of Pantai Jerejak assemblyman.
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