Sanglang assemblyman Shukri Ramli described the move as highly unusual, noting that it was without justification, in the absence of any emergency.

Shukri said he was offered the opportunity to perform his haj, departing on April 18, but requested Tabung Haji to postpone his flight to May 3 taking into consideration the scheduled assembly meeting, Berita Harian reported.

“Then, suddenly the assembly was postponed. This is regrettable,” he told a press conference at the Mata Ayer service centre in Padang Besar today.

Shukri, who said he also spoke for the other five PAS assemblymen, stressed that the meeting was important as there were numerous outstanding issues requiring answers from the state government.

These issues include investments in the state, the management of temporary occupation licences, and the approval for establishing the Padang Besar local authority.

Shukri, the former Perlis menteri besar, also expressed disappointment that the PAS assemblymen were not consulted over the postponement.

In a letter dated April 17, state assembly secretary Anwar Shahul Hameed said the opening and first meeting of the fourth session of the state assembly, originally scheduled from April 21 to 23, was postponed to a later date to be announced. No reason for the postponement was provided.

The meeting would have been the first since the political crisis of December 2025, when several Perikatan Nasional assemblymen withdrew support for Shukri as menteri besar.

Eight PN assemblymen, including three from PAS and five from Bersatu, had reportedly submitted statutory declarations to withdraw their support.

Shukri resigned on Dec 25, citing health reasons. Kuala Perlis assemblyman Abu Bakar Hamzah, from Bersatu, was later appointed as menteri besar.