News about Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Before the parliamentary sitting kicked off with the Minister's Question Time, newly appointed Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun addressed the commotion yesterday amid alleged racist and sexist remarks by Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (BN-Baling).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): The motion of removing the speaker has been passed as a total of 111 MPs voted for the motion to remove Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof (pictured) as the speaker, versus a total of 109 votes against the the motion.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) said he, together with five former Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia members aligned with him, will again propose a motion of vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at the upcoming second Parliament session that is expected to convene next week.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) and the other four ousted Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) MPs insisted today that their termination was unconstitutional.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Malaysian lawmakers were reminded by the King today to engage in mature politics in a time of global crisis as the country battles to contain the spread of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah said he tried to convince Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) to not resign as Prime Minister during the period of political instability earlier this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah left the Parliament today mere minutes after concluding his opening address at the inauguration of the latest Parliament term.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Many politicians on both sides of the political divide made their way to a heavily guarded (pictured) Parliamentary session this morning amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof has allowed a motion for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Dewan Rakyat speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof has rejected Semporna MP Moh Shafie Apdal's bid to table a motion of confidence for Langkawi MP Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysiakini reported today.