The country’s current political impasse, which sees the Perikatan Nasional government’s legitimacy in doubt, can be solved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, according to former attorney-general Tommy Thomas.

Given that the government has agreed to reopen the Parliament by Aug 1, he said, the king can tell Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to go through a motion of confidence in the Dewan Rakyat.

“There is one solution to the impasse...