COMMENT | The Emergency Ordinance 2021 was promulgated to ensure the public health was given priority over political uncertainties. It was consented to by His Majesty and came into force by His Majesty's will.

Now, when His Majesty is of the opinion that the Emergency Ordinance that he promulgated ought not to be extended, His Majesty conveyed the message to the government of the day together with clear orders to reconvene the Parliament on the earliest date possible upon considering all the views by political leaders, the Special Independent Committee on the Emergency 2021 as well as experts and members of government agencies.

Why then did the government revoke the ordinance before the natural death thereof? The most logical and possible explanation is most likely to be that ...