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PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet has advised the Yang di-Pertuan Agong that the Parliament sitting will not be convened during the Emergency Proclamation, says Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan. The de facto law minister said the statement made by the Palace last week was to explain that there will be no Parliament sitting, and any decision to convene a sitting must be made by the Cabinet. "Now, the Cabinet advised the King that there is no Parliament sitting. That is...

PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet must advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to quickly convene the next Parliament session, says the Pakatan Harapan secretariat council. "There are no more excuses for Parliament not to convene. Therefore, the Cabinet must uphold the Kings advice," it said in a press release on Wednesday (March 3). "Among the excuses given were that laws do need to be passed in Parliament during the Emergency Ordinance and many MPs are at high risk of being infected with Covid-19 if Parlia...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stresses that the declaration of Emergency in Malaysia was an appropriate move taken in response to a major health crisis and not due to politics.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has stressed that the declaration of emergency in the country was an appropriate move taken in response to a major health crisis and not due to politics. The prime minister said the emergency was not to enable him to hold on to the post of prime minister but to ensure that the Covid-19 pandemic could be managed effectively and speedily. He gave an assurance that the emergency would be lifted earlier than its scheduled end of Aug 1 if the pandemic ...

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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): A stalwart of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has filed a judicial review application against Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun, wanting the court to declare that his move to accompany Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to meet the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Jan 11 to get an emergency declaration is invalid as the premier did not have a majority. Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan filed the application yesterday evening in the High Court, through th...

Wednesday, 03 Feb 2021 11:38 PM MYT BY R. LOHESWAR Former Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof says the Opposition plays a role to rein in the powers of the executive arm of government in a parliamentary democracy. ― Picture by Yusof Mat Isa Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 ― The Opposition leader whose job is to check and balance the government is effectively without a role as long as Parliament is suspend...

Published on: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 By: Malay Mail Kuala Lumpur: Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan (pic) Monday filed a lawsuit against Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the Malaysian government, in his bid to have the courts decide whether a Prime Minister who no longer has the majority support of MPs in the Dewan Rakyat can still advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to proclaim an Emergency or can still suspend Parliament sittings. Khairuddin, who was a Batu Kawan Umno Vice-Chief until 2015, in hi...

KUALA LUMPUR: The recent Proclamation of Emergency is not politically motivated and has been implemented to better manage the Covid-19 outbreak in the...

Published on: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 By: Malay Mail Jeffrey Kota Kinabalu: Calling an Emergency during the pandemic was a move to ensure government machinery could carry out its duties and at the same time force a political truce so that leaders put the people first, said Sabah Government leaders Tuesday. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan said the move was necessary in order to stabilise the Federal Government under such precarious circumstances. “With all the politicking...