Five Bills to be tabled at DUN sitting
KUCHING: The coming special State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting from Feb 14 to 16 will see the tabling of five government Bills. The new Bills are the Sago and Nipah Development Board Bill, 2022; Sarawak Rubber Industry Board Bill, 2022; Supplementary Supply (2021) Bill, 2022; Constitution of the State of Sarawak (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and Interpretation […]
Special sitting of parliament was to jointly seek Covid-19 solutions
KUALA LUMPUR: The Special Sitting of Dewan Rakyat last week should be made as a platform by Members of Parliament to jointly seek solutions for the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Unfortunately, it became a battlefield to create trust deficit on the government and to garner support for themselves, said a political analyst. Political analyst […]
Dewan Negara special sitting postponed due to Covid-19 risk
KUALA LUMPUR: The special Dewan Negara sitting scheduled from Aug 3 to 5 has now also been postponed until further notice. According to a notice dated today issued by Dewan Negara secretary Muhd Sujairi Abdullah to Senate members, the office of the Dewan Negara president was notified by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on […]
Revocation according to law, federal constitution
KUALA LUMPUR: All decisions taken by the government on the revocation of the Emergency ordinances were orderly and in line with the law and the Federal Constitution, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. In a statement, the PMO said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stressed that in carrying out his duties and responsibilities, it […]
First hour of special sitting filled with questions on no debate, voting
KUALA LUMPUR: The first hour of the Special Sitting of Parliament today was heated up by questions and intrusions from over 15 parliamentarians from the opposition who mostly referred to the Standing Order over the absence of debate and voting on matters tabled by the ministers. Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal (Warisan-Semporna), Ramkarpal Singh (PH-Bukit […]
No hybrid parliament sitting, all MPs allowed to attend
KUALA LUMPUR: All the 220 Members of Parliament (MPs) are allowed to attend the special meeting of the Third Session of the 14th Parliament which begins tomorrow, said Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun. He said the proposal to conduct a hybrid meeting had been deferred, and the matter regarding hybrid sessions would not […]
MPs allowed to intervene, ask questions during parliament special sitting
KUANTAN: Members of parliament can intervene to ask questions, and even debate, during the Parliament’s five-day special sitting from July 26, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said. He said the use of the word ‘explanation by the minister’ in the Parliamentary calendar was a term and does not mean that ‘elected representatives will […]
