Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin barely survived the last sitting of parliament. Will he survive the next?
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July 05, 2021
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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is coming under increasing pressure to allow parliament to return this month, as his decision to impose a state of emergency and suspend democracy in January has done little to prevent one of the world’s worst outbreaks of COVID-19.
The embattled leader will decide this week at a Cabinet meeting when parliament will reconvene, following King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah’s repeated calls to have the federal legislature in session before the state of emergency expires on August 1.
Did PN govt drop Temiar suit because of PAS ties, asks Muda
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The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) wants the Perikatan Nasional government to explain the attorney-general’s decision to drop the case filed by the then Pakatan Harapan administration in 2019 against the Kelantan government on behalf of the Temiar Orang Asli tribe.
“The case filed by the Harapan government is historic as it is the first time the federal government has sued on behalf of the aborigines in its capacity as the protector of the underprivileged communities in Malaysia (
parens patriae).
YOURSAY | Tajuddin has no one to blame but himself
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Vijay47: Inefficiency and mismanagement are entrenched tragedies in government and related fields. Who do we blame for this?
The country’s entire regrettable misery can be laid on one man’s shoulders and his sick implementation of something called the New Economic Policy which after 50 years remains “new”.
Why am I mentioning this in relation to a train accident? Just to point out that when meritocracy is shunned, when other measures are used for appointment to positions of responsibility, the prospects for disasters, collapses, and setbacks are that much greater.