Thailand – Unexpectedly, Col Suchart Chantarachotikul, chief of the southern strategic team of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), confirmed that he would defect to a new party to be formed by former permanent secretary for interior Chatchai Phromlert. In view of this, Mr Chatchai, known to have good ties with Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda, retired from the civil service amid …

Pengerang MP Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said delivered a no-holds-barred speech today when urging the government to expedite her Private Member’s Bill to penalise party hopping MPs. In sarcastic remarks that included a Malay poem criticising political defectors, the former de facto law minister and Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat said her Bill was urgent as “frogs can hop …

Malaysian athletes’ achievements at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the sacrifices made by the country’s frontline fighters in the fight against Covid-19, were lauded in Parliament today by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. When he opened the fourth session of the 14th Parliament today, His Majesty showed his gratitude by also requesting Members …

DAP MP Lim Kit Siang said that Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun should have revealed from the start that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong agreed that the voting on the prime minister’s confidence was no longer necessary. The DAP leader added that AG arguing against the confidence vote on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is illogical if the …

After the High Court refused to grant him leave to challenge the action of former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in advising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to suspend Parliament during the emergency period, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim filed an appeal with the Court of Appeal, which was set to be heard on September 28. It has been confirmed by …

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 …

A dissent pointed toward expelling Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has been held in Bangkok in corresponding with the no-certainty at Parliament. At Asoke convergence, Nattawut Saikaur, a red-shirt co-head of 2010 road fights, and red-shirt extremist Sombat Boonngamanong held the “Subsequent stage to Oust Prayut  in what they called the “crowd celebration” design. The pair drove three assemblies on wheels for …

Despite the week-long delay, opposition member Lim Guan Eng demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob file a confidence motion as soon as Parliament returns. The Bagan MP stated failing to do so would be unlawful and a disobedience to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s prior order. “This is clearly to accommodate Ismail, who is under home quarantine following …

The Parliament will go through somewhere around two days in the current week pondering contract changes in the midst of concerns they may run into a specialized error. In view of this, Wirach Ratanasate, the main government whip, affirmed that consultation of the revision bill in a joint sitting will start if time licenses. The bill looks to change the …

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 …