Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob flexed his authority today, saying that no one can influence him in advising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on when to dissolve Parliament.
This comes after the Umno supreme council - which he is a member of - declared last Friday that the general election should be held this year and that Ismail Sabri would be proposing a date to the Agong soon.
"The power to advise the Agong to dissolve Parliament is the prime minister's, and the Agong has the power to execute it.
"In the past, the prime minister would just announce the dissolution of Parliament.
"Other parties did not give their views or interfere. Even his own party did not (interfere), or spoke to the media (about when to dissolve Parliament)," Ismail Sabri told reporters in Shah Alam today.
