Malaysia – The Constitution (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 2022, which will be introduced during a special session of the Dewan Rakyat on Monday, will have the full support of PAS. The Bill, according to PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, is aimed at altering the Federal Constitution, particularly Article 10(3) in regard to Article 10(1)(c) on freedom of association. “Any …

Malaysia – Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, Member of Parliament for Kuala Nerus, has resigned from the Islamist party PAS, effective on March 14. At 2.30pm in Parliament, Khairuddin, who was recently removed in the position of PAS Syura Ulama Council secretary, handed in his letter of resignation to PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. He said that he would …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the president of Umno, said on Sunday that the internal concerns of the party should not be debated during the motion of gratitude for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s presentation in the Dewan Rakyat. According to him, he believes that the best place to address these matters inside Umno is during the party’s …

Malaysia – Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dubbed Datuk Seri Najib Razak an “idiot” for saying that Putrajaya had yet to pay “a single sen” of 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) main debt. Dr Mahathir expressed “disgust” at Najib’s comments in Parliament recently, highlighting Najib’s “shameless” attitude toward the wrongdoings done after his High Court sentence and conviction. “I’m disturbed …

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 – Political analysts believe the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is set to use Saturday’s historic election success to extract concessions, including increased autonomy. The party won 76 of the 82 seats in the state legislature, giving the state’s governing parties their highest gain in five decades and reaffirming prior warnings about rising rejection of peninsula power in Borneo state, …

Malaysia – Dewan Rakyat yesterday enacted the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021, which aims to provide people and businesses impacted by the pandemic more room and opportunity to recover. Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Mutalib stated that the ministry (KPKT) was in discussions with the Ministry …

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 …

Malaysia – The Dewan Rakyat unanimously approved the Finance Bill 2021 recently. When concluding the discussion on the bill, Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Mohd Shahar Abdullah said that a research on the abolition of the tax exemption on foreign-sourced income had been conducted two years ago. He said that it required the ministry to interact with connected parties, including …

Malaysia – This morning, the Ministry of Education informed the Dewan Rakyat that it is developing a four-tiered structure to combat bullying in schools. Datuk Mohd Radzi Jidin, the school’s minister, said that the proposed internal system would enable children and parents to make complaints directly while preserving the complainants’ names, but stopped short of clarifying how it would differ …