Speaker leaves seat quota demand to executive

KUCHING: The Dewan Rakyat has yet to receive any motion related to face-to-face negotiations by Members of Parliament regarding the demand for one-third of parliamentary seats to be allocated to Sabah and Sarawak. Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul, said the proposal put forward by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, is a […]
Disobedience

BY PROF. (DR.) NAVIN C NAIDU Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind. – General Douglas MacArthur The House of Lords decided in Pepper v Hart [1993] AC 593 that if primary legislation is ambiguous or obscure the courts may in certain circumstances take account of […]
NGO launches anti-drug drive

KUCHING: I-Youth Kuching is organising an Anti-Drug Education Campaign from June 11 to June 21, targetting schools and communities here. Its project coordinator Timothy Bong said the campaign was aimed to support the government’s efforts to combat drug abuse in Sarawak. Data from the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) showing 2,433 drug abuse cases in the […]
MPs allowed to remove face masks while debating

KUALA LUMPUR: Members of Parliament are allowed to remove their face mask when debating, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun said. He said this was decided after obtaining the views of the Health Ministry (MOH) which carried out a Covid-19 risk assessment in Parliament. “However, all Members of Parliament must immediately put on their […]
Dewan Rakyat in uproar over motion to replace speaker

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat sitting was in uproar today when the motion proposing to replace speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun was brought up by opposition Members of Parliament. It is also resulted in the two-day suspension of RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong) after he refused to retract the word ‘shameful’ uttered against Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker […]
Azalina confirms resignation as Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat

KUALA LUMPUR: Pengerang Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, in a statement last night, confirmed that she had resigned as the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat yesterday. In the statement shared in her Facebook account last night, Azalina, in stating her reasons for the resignation, said that to effectively function without […]
Sabah Speaker confirms Sebatik assemblyman an independent

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah State Assembly Speaker Datuk Kadzim M Yahya today confirmed that Sebatik assemblyman Hassan A Gani Pg Amir remains as an independent assemblyman who supports the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) government in the state. Kadzim said this was because his (Hassan’s) resignation letter that was submitted by Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) yesterday was […]
Sabah Speaker to explain Sebatik assemblyman resignation issue tomorrow

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah State Assembly Speaker Datuk Kadzim M Yahya will clarify tomorrow the issue over the alleged resignation of Hassan A Gani Pg Amir as the Sebatik state assemblyman. “I will hold a press conference tomorrow to give the official explanation on this matter,” he told Bernama when contacted here today. Kadzim said the […]
All eyes on Speaker seat, seating arrangements in Parliament sitting tomorrow

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat will sit again this Monday in which Cabinet Ministers are expected to face their first ‘test’ in the August House this year. This is because the first meeting, Third Session of the 14th Parliament that sat on May 18 for just a day featured only the Royal Address by the […]
Parliament sitting: What to expect

The simple fact is that a snap election won’t stop the political impasse because Umno and PAS can’t win 112 seats out of 165 seats in West Malaysia. — Wong Chin Huat, political scientist As Parliament convenes on July 13, we can expect a flurry of movements on both sides of the divide. This sitting […]