In a statement, Amanah’s Pulai MP Salahuddin Ayub, PKR’s Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul and DAP’s Tebing Tinggi state assemblyman Abdul Aziz Bari said the application was filed to review Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s decision to advise the King to approve the emergency ordinance that suspends parliamentary sittings.

“This application is to enable clauses 11, 14 and 15 of the emergency ordinance, which is said to be unconstitutional, to be reviewed by the court,” they said.

The application was filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today by Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff. Counsel acting for the matter are Gurdial Singh Nijar, Christopher Leong, Razlan Hadri and Abdullah Abdul Rahman.

Recently, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim filed for leave to initiate a judicial review to challenge the government’s decision to seek an emergency proclamation.

He claimed that Muhyiddin’s advice to the King was against the law.

Anwar is seeking, among others, an order that the advice by Muhyiddin and the Cabinet to Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah to proclaim an emergency to fight Covid-19 is unconstitutional, as well as for an order to quash the advice.

He also wants the court to compel Muhyiddin and the Perikatan Nasional government to tender an advice to the King to revoke the 2021 Emergency Ordinance.

Last week, former Umno leader Khairuddin Abu Hassan filed a lawsuit against Muhyiddin, claiming that the latter does not have the legitimacy to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to declare an emergency.

He posed legal questions to be answered by the courts on whether Muhyiddin, whom he claimed had lost his majority support in the Dewan Rakyat, could still advise Sultan Abdullah to proclaim an emergency in the country.