News about Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): All Members of Parliament (MPs), as well as their officers, are now required to go through Covid-19 screenings once every two weeks as long as the Parliament is in session until Dec 15, according to Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): Parliament will adjourn earlier at 1pm, instead of the usual 5.

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

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.

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 (July 21): Parliament Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun’s move to write to High Court Judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah to seek the judge’s permission for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be present in Parliament last Thursday afternoon was an unprecedented move, Sepang Member of Parliament (MP) Mohamed Hanipa Maidin said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah relented and allowed the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial today to end earlier than usual, after reading a letter from the Dewan Rakyat Speaker requesting that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) — who is the accused in this case, and lawmaker for Pekan — be allowed to attend Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Unlike on previous occasions, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s request today for a shorter hearing against him tomorrow to allow him to attend Parliament was rejected by the judge.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Tabung Haji (TH) would have tutup kedai (rolled down its shutters) if the former Pakatan Harapan (PH) government had not saved it, former minister Dr Mujahid Yusof claimed yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Batu Kawan Member of Parliament (MP) Kasthuriraani Patto is urging newly appointed Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun (pictured) to make a firm ruling on the deemed sexist and racist remarks made by the Baling MP yesterday.