Sabah Court dismisses application over State Assembly dissolution, applicants file appeal

The High Court today dismissed an application by 33 assemblymen for leave for a judicial review of the decision of the Yang Dipertua Negeri in dissolving the state legislative assembly on July 30.

Judicial Commissioner Leonard David Shim found that the second respondent in the case, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, had acted within the Sabah Constitution in requesting the first respondent, Sabah Yang Dipertua Tun Juhar Mahiruddin, to dissolve the state assembly.

"And the first respondent (Tun Juhar) had acted within the ambit of his constitutional power to dissolve the state assembly," he said when ruling on the matter today.

Almost immediately after the ruling was handed down, the 33 assemblymen filed an appeal against the High Court decision.

The 33 assemblymen are led by former chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman, who is the assemblyman for Sungai Sibuga.