News about Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 26): The Malay Rulers who attended the special meeting at Istana Negara yesterday emphasised the importance of the country's constitutional monarchy and Parliamentary democracy in giving priority to the people’s welfare, said Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal Tan Sri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Budget 2021 will still be announced even if Parliament is suspended as widely speculated, a source said.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 15): The proposal by MIC president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran for Parliament to be suspended (prorogued) so that the Government can focus on efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 has never been discussed by Barisan Nasional (BN).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Another four Umno members of Parliament (MPs) who were rumoured to be siding with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pictured) to form a new government have come forward to deny their involvement.

NEW DELHI (Sept 24): India's junior railway minister Suresh Angadi died of Covid-19 on Wednesday evening, two weeks after he was tested positive for the coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) said opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim must prove his claim that he has the parliamentary majority through the processes provided under the Federal Constitution.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 21): The Foreign Ministry has facilitated 26,572 Malaysians stranded abroad to return home following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, said its Deputy Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaafar.

Inordinate delays in the Covid-19 “legal shield” has rendered it redundant and meaningless, but it is better to have an imperfect bill now as a starting point where future improvements can be made.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): The country's financial situation is under control even though the government has overspent to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country's economy.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) hopes the Cabinet will unanimously agree with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's suggestion of raising the Social Welfare Department’s monthly aid for needy people.