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Next PM must table vote of confidence, says Leong |
Posted by: superadmin - 08-17-2021, 01:39 PM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: The next prime minister must table a motion of confidence immediately after his appointment by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, says Selayang MP William Leong.
He said the vote will serve to confirm the King’s judgment and provide legitimacy to the new prime minister to govern.
Leong said caretaker prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s administration used “every trick in the book” to avoid a motion of confidence, such as suspending parliamentary sittings and declaring a public health emergency.
It was during this time, he said, that elected representatives could not monitor the government’s management of the pandemic and economic crises.
“We will never know the costs for this game of avoiding a motion of confidence – how many of the 1.4 million positive cases and 12,510 deaths could have been avoided, how many of the businesses closed and thousands of jobs lost could have been saved. This must not happen again,” he said in a statement today.
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PKR Must Realign Beyond PH To Form The Government |
Posted by: superadmin - 08-17-2021, 01:34 PM - Forum: Politics
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Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) must realign itself with parties beyond the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, said Nurul Izzah Anwar who is Permatang Pauh Member of Parliament.
In an exclusive interview with Sinar Harian Premium on Friday, she suggested that this will be the case for the coming 15th General Elections or forming a new government.
“The reality is, PKR must realign to form a new government, because no single party can govern by itself at this point in time.”
This comes amidst the current political instability, following a group of UMNO MPs’ open rebellion against Prime Minister Tan Sri Mahiaddin Md. Yasin.
Earlier this week, UMNO launched an attack against Perikatan Nasional (PN) and its President, Mahiaddin.
UMNO President, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in a press conference said that Mahiaddin has lost majority support.
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Sibu supermarkets open only to fully vaccinated from end August |
Posted by: superadmin - 08-17-2021, 01:04 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic
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PETALING JAYA: All supermarkets in Sibu, Sarawak, will only be allowing entry to fully vaccinated individuals from the end of this month, says its municipal council.
Its chairman Clarence Ting said the supermarkets were initially encouraged to allow entry to people with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
However, citing new SOPs from the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee, he said only fully vaccinated employers and workers in the private sector could go to the workplace under phase 2 of the state’s national recovery plan.
“Premise owners and their workers must ensure that only customers who have completed two doses of the vaccine are allowed entry,” he was quoted as saying by Borneo Post Online.
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Report: Muhyiddin has 35 SDs, but unknown if they are all for him |
Posted by: superadmin - 08-17-2021, 12:48 PM - Forum: Politics
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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is said to have 35 signed statutory declarations (SD) from MPs ahead of an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to determine who will be the next prime minister.
The Star reported an unnamed source with inside knowledge of Bersatu affairs as saying the SDs are from the party’s 31 MPs and four independents who are aligned to it.
Among the four independent lawmakers were Julau MP Larry Sng and Kuala Langat MP Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar. Both were formerly with PKR but left and pledged support for Perikatan Nasional (PN) when it was the government.
According to the source, Bersatu made a bloc decision last night, pledging to support the candidate chosen by Muhyiddin and the party leadership.
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Learn from Penang’s 1971 political tumult: Pemenang chief |
Posted by: superadmin - 08-17-2021, 12:20 PM - Forum: Politics
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GEORGE TOWN – Some political observers are seeing similarities between the federal-level political tussle and that which hit Penang in 1971 when the then chief minister lost his majority.
Six assemblymen had exited Gerakan and withdrawn support for then chief minister Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu.
This left the state assembly with Lim’s 12 Gerakan reps, six in the opposition led by the late Tan Sri Tan Kee Choon, and another 12 aligned with the Alliance, comprising Umno, MCA and MIC.
“Lim knew that it was virtually impossible to govern an impoverished Penang with no support from the federal government, so he made overtures to the then prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, who agreed for the sake of stability to work with Gerakan. Gerakan was an opposition party at the federal level,” Penang Malay Association (Pemenang) president Tan Sri Mohd Yussof Latiff told The Vibes.
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A temporary political ray of hope? |
Posted by: superadmin - 08-17-2021, 10:22 AM - Forum: Politics
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From Abdul Hamid Abdul Kadir
The ultimate, proper and long-awaited decision to resign as prime minister by Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday has given the rakyat a ray of hope in these troubled times. The automatic resignation of the bloated cabinet is another welcome news.
The appointment of Muhyiddin as caretaker prime minister by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is a just and fair decision, until the King appoints a new prime minister and cabinet and the Parliament is reconvened.
The caretaker provisions are well defined and recognised, and a caretaker cabinet is expected to have about 10 ministers responsible for essential running of the country. In the present situation with a raging pandemic, these functions would primarily concern controlling the disease, vaccination to achieve herd immunity, protection of the rakyat, and economic revival as far as possible under the circumstances.
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Stuart Ramalingam to be appointed as MFL CEO? |
Posted by: superadmin - 08-17-2021, 09:53 AM - Forum: Football
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KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Football League (MFL) is expected to announce Stuart Ramalingam as its new chief executive officer (CEO) in the coming weeks, replacing Datuk Ab Ghani Hassan who has moved up as the president of the football body.
It was understood from sources in the football fraternity that the MFL Board members have collectively agreed that Stuart is the right candidate for the job.
Stuart is expected to relinquish his position as the FA of Malaysia (FAM) general-secretary before accepting his new post.
“Apparently, it has been decided by the Board members in a meeting recently. However, I believe the announcement will be made after the FA of Malaysia (FAM) appoints Stuart’s successor for the general-secretary position.
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From hero to zero: Muhyiddin’s spectacular fall from grace |
Posted by: superadmin - 08-17-2021, 09:50 AM - Forum: Politics
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KUALA LUMPUR – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s downfall is the perfect example of how much things can change in politics within years.
Bereft of support, he yesterday announced he will relinquish the top post in Putrajaya, just six years after he was heralded as a national hero for speaking out against then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the height of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.
Then holding the position of the country’s number two, Muhyiddin was the first in Najib’s cabinet to sing a different tune to his boss with regard to the mega financial scandal, when others around him continued to ardently back Najib.
A 70-minute scathing speech during an Umno division meeting on July 26, 2015 took the nation – and to an extent the government – by surprise, as the maverick Muhyiddin pressed Najib to quit as 1MDB adviser and alleged that Barisan Nasional (BN) would lose if a general election was called then.
Muhyiddin was removed as deputy prime minister just two days later, and sacked from Umno in June the following year, as he began his years-long quest for political reform.
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