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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 the law firm Messrs Haniff Khatri where he named Idrus as the sole respondent. Prior to this, he had a...

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 suspended, according to former Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof. Ariff, a former judge w...

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 his lawsuit asked the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to hear and decide four important constitutional ques...

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 at this time, it is necessary to stabilise the situation given the rising Covid-19 situation,” sa...