Malaysia – Federal Opposition members demanded that a special committee be formed immediately to probe the government’s flood management and that its conclusions be debated in Parliament. The 77 MPs, headed by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, also called on the government to implement more climate-conscious measures, such as a national adaptation plan and stronger punishments for those who break environmental …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader, and four elected representatives have filed applications for leave to appeal to the Federal Court against the Court of Appeal’s ruling to dismiss their appeal challenging Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s action in advising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to suspend Parliament during the Emergency period. When reached, Anwar’s lawyer, Ramkarpal Singh, said …

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 – Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law), is optimistic that the people of Sabah and Sarawak would accept his proposed Bill to modify the Federal Constitution in relation to the Malaysia Agreement 1963. (MA63). After the first reading on November 3, he added, the proposed Bill would be read for …

Singapore – Former WP MP Raeesah Khan lied to the House on August 3 and repeated the deception on October 4, according to WP vice-chair Faisal Manap, but the opposition party’s top three leaders did not inform the rest of the leadership or cadres. The committee issued its second report on the hearings recently. According to committee minutes, Mr Faisal, WP …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), disputed that he was accompanied by his family on a trade mission to Europe in October. Several members of Pakatan Harapan (PH), led by Jelutong MP RSN Rayer, had queried Azmin during his ministerial winding-up speech if he had brought his family along for the official …

Thailand – Surprisingly, House Speaker Chuan Leekpai he is prepared to put on the parliament plan proposed revisions to two natural laws to reflect established changes in the political race framework. Mr Chuan was talking after the protected change charge trying to reestablish the two-polling form constituent framework was definitely supported and distributed in the Royal Gazette on Sunday. Under …

Thailand – A savage discussion is normal in parliament as administrators will begin examining a contract revision charge pushing for a group’s constitution. The bill, which has the help of in excess of 135,000 qualified electors, proposes six vital changes to the 2017 Constitution. The legislators will decide on whether to acknowledge the bill in the principal perusing. The sanction …

Singapore – Singapore’s parliament has approved a law that gives broad powers to the government to deal with foreign interference that has sparked concern from the opposition and experts about its wide scope and limits on judicial review. The small and open city-state, which says it is vulnerable to foreign meddling, targeted fake news with a far-reaching law in 2019, …