Malaysia – Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun, Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, has disputed reports that he rejected a motion to examine the current flood crisis on Monday, the last day of the Dewan Rakyat’s session. Azhar indicated that for urgent concerns and those that required prompt discussion, a move under to Standing Orders 18 (1) must be presented one …

Malaysia – To enable the Dewan Rakyat to discuss and vote on proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act (Act 342), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has consented to prolong the current Dewan Rakyat meeting. He has also agreed to postpone Monday’s amended Bill proceedings. The extension was made by Speaker Tan Sri Azhar …

The DAP today voiced cautious support for UMNO’s Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said’s candidacy as the next Dewan Rakyat Speaker to succeed Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun. A petition for recall elections was filed by Azalina to prevent MPs from switching parties midstream, according to its secretary-general Lim Guan Eng. In a statement, Lim said that DAP is willing to discuss …

Gua Musang MP Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has formally requested to sit with the Independent bloc in Dewan Rakyat, making him the first UMNO MP to do so after the party withdrew its support from the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government. An official letter containing this request, dated July 26 was received by Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun. Tengku Razaleigh …

Opposition MPs demands Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for answers regarding the National Recovery Plan (NRP) that he tabled in Parliament this morning. However, this caused a commotion in the Parliamentary as the PM was absent and made Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz respond on behalf of the prime minister in which the Opposition MPs were …

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s motion to debate the Emergency ordinances has been turned down by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun saying that it has been submitted too early. Azhar explained in a letter that the rejection was because it has been submitted on July 12 and before the notice for the special parliamentary meeting was issued …

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong declared in the Parliament that they should be meeting again as soon as possible to allow for the Emergency declaration and Emergency laws to be presented in Parliament. This comes after the King granted an audience at Istana Negara to Dewan Negara Speaker Tan Sri Rais Yatim and Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun in …

Parliament can open in September or October under strict SOP according to the new recovery plan of the government, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. According to him, in the third phase of the plan, if the new Covid-19 cases will continue to go below 2,000 each day and the vaccination rate is at 40 per cent of the …

Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Rais Yatim says that the proposal of allocating a portion of 30 per cent of the MP’s allowances towards the relief fund to fight against the Covid-19 must be first tabled and approved in Parliament. In an interview, Rais said that not even he or Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun could make a …