01-02-2024, 08:28 AM
A FORMER MP has panned the quality of debates among opposition MPs in Parliament, calling the topics and issues single-dimensional and lacking substance.
Speaking on the Are We OK?” podcast hosted by fellow DAP colleague Dr Ong Kian Ming, former Damansara MP Tony Pua said one of the most obvious things in Parliamentary debates these days is the “near absolute lack of substance” among opposition MPs when debating.
“The topics and issues are always single-dimensional about race, religion, alcohol, and dressing,” he remarked.
“Running a country involves so many other things and all you can talk about is race, language use, religious issues, alcohol, and dressing. That’s all you can talk about?”
Pua noted that there needs to be more understanding of the basics of public policy, adding that the issues raised in Parliament were better during Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) time as the opposition.
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