Malaysia – Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, Pengerang MP, criticized the government for attempting to appeal the High Court judgment giving automatic citizenship to children born overseas to Malaysian women with foreign husbands. The former de facto law and parliamentary affairs minister questioned why such Malaysian moms were treated differently from Malaysian dads with foreign wives in her speech discussing …

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob of UMNO as the country’s ninth prime minister after concluding that he has the confidence of a majority in Parliament. Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Indera Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin stated in a statement on behalf of Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah said His Majesty believed the appointment …

PKR MP Fahmi Fadzil said that Parliament must reopen on August 2 latest which is the day after the end of Emergency. The PKR MP said that it is imperative to do so in order to prevent constitutional crisis involving strict timelines for Parliament sessions. Fahmi noted that it has already been six months since the last Parliament sitting which …

The declaration made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers regarding the immediate reconvention of the Parliament has been noted by Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. However, he pointed out that the Agong did not give any exact date for the reopening of the Parliament. In a discussion on Bicara Harakah, he said that the Agong did not …