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Opposition lawmakers gather at Merdeka Square as authorities shut Parliament Posted by: superadmin - 08-02-2021, 11:02 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Opposition federal lawmakers gathered at the Merdeka Square this morning in a symbolic protest against the authorities’ move to shut and adjourn the special Parliament sitting amid mounting pressure for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to resign. Today’s protest, attended by all Opposition MPs, including those not from the major political bloc Pakatan Harapan, comes as top leaders of the Perikatan Nasional administration face growing calls to step down. Muhyididin’s government was admonished by the palace last Thursday in a rare royal rebuke that took aim at de facto Law Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, who was accused of lying and revoking six ordinances enacted under the Emergency without the Agong’s assent. At the time of writing, the MPs are planning to march towards the Parliament gates. - More -   Let’s bring dignity back to the Speaker’s chair Posted by: superadmin - 08-02-2021, 10:37 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies The head of the august House of Representatives in Parliament is the Speaker. Of course, the institution was something handed down to us by the British. Boy, based on the behaviour of the ones who once were or are Speakers, I believe the name is a misnomer. Sometimes, I wonder if the translators of our Federal Constitution and early laws did the right thing in calling the Speaker the “Yang di-Pertua”. Translated, this normally is referred to as “President” in English when it comes to the Malaysian context. This may be a coincidence but from the time Barisan Nasional has been calling the shots, the Speakers of our Dewan Rakyat have been behaving more like presidents of bodies and organisations, calling the shots according to the wishes of those who appointed them. They never spoke up for the underdogs, resulting in a couple of them being questioned if they were the government’s lapdogs. - More -   DG must answer for calling off meetings, says MP Posted by: superadmin - 08-02-2021, 09:20 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The director-general of health must answer for recommending the suspension of parliamentary meetings for two weeks, an MP said today, especially as the “CT value” cited had never been used as an indicator for public health measures. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said the indicator used by director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah was not logical, and there is no reason that Parliament cannot continue to function, four days after Covid-19 cases were detected. “Please show us hard data and not just give general statements and justify,” he urged the health DG. Noor Hisham said earlier today that the health ministry had recommended that all parliamentary meetings be suspended for two weeks, citing high infectivity rates after a Covid-19 outbreak was detected on Thursday. He said the “CT value” or the cycle threshold (a measure of how soon after an RT-PCR test that the virus is detected in a sample) of the samples taken during screenings at the Parliament was low, indicating higher viral load and higher risks of spread. - More -   To save Malaysia, end racism and put technocrats in charge Posted by: superadmin - 08-02-2021, 08:54 AM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry - No Replies Parliament reconvened last week and as rumours spread about tensions between the Palace and the prime minister, Malaysians were left wondering if anything will change. A return to the trappings of democracy with or without a state of emergency, or the formation of a unity government, is not the need of the moment. Malaysia simply needs a revolution that ushers in competence and integrity in leadership and public institutions. Malaysia does not need a unity government to tackle the multifaceted crisis it now faces – it needs saving by apolitical and competent professionals with the highest standard of integrity. A unity government is typically formed when all political parties decide that in the interest of the country they should join forces during a national emergency, regardless of their differences, in order to restore normality. - More -   Muhyiddin had his chance, but he didn’t take it Posted by: superadmin - 08-01-2021, 08:22 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Many Malays were euphoric when Muhyiddin Yassin gained power. We were told to be patient and give him a chance to prove himself. Almost 18 months later, he has failed Malaysia. Instead of surrounding himself with competent Cabinet ministers, he retained many of the deadwood from previous administrations. He enlisted men and women who lacked integrity, who had no dedication to hard work, who lacked attention to detail and were incompetent. The previous Pakatan Harapan administration was riddled with infighting and was slow to institute reforms. Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional (PN) is no better. Its leaders are busy clashing with each other, and holding secret meetings to plot their political futures. - More -   Only fair for Anwar to be made next PM, says Zaid Posted by: superadmin - 08-01-2021, 07:05 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: It is only fair that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong invite opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to form a new government, former minister Zaid Ibrahim said. “This is what most democracies ala Westminster style will do,” the former de facto law minister said in a statement today. Citing his sources, he said 12 Umno MPs had already given their support to Anwar. This was despite deputy prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob insisting that 40 BN MPs were supporting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. He added that the King could appoint almost anyone to be the next prime minister so long as he was satisfied that he had the support of the majority of the MPs. - More -   'Let Parliament Vote On The SOE, That's An Order'! What The King Has Told Moo Posted by: superadmin - 08-01-2021, 06:18 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies 'Let Parliament Vote On The SOE, That's An Order'! What The King Has Told Moo - EXCLUSIVE! According to a leaked letter apparently sent from the Istana Negara yesterday to Malaysia’s embattled prime minister the Agong has responded with a furious challenge to his Prime Minister, following Mahiaddin’s defiant statement yesterday afternoon insisting the King must follow the Cabinet advice and accept its decision to revoke the State of Emergency without a vote in Parliament. The emergence of the private letter from the King to his Prime Minister just hours after it was sent represents a dramatic further escalation of the Constitutional Crisis in Malaysia and has pitched the King now squarely behind the rights of Parliament to decide on the future of the PN government. Mahiaddin had been responding to a public statement made earlier in the day by the King, in which the monarch revealed his ‘sadness’ that Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan had “misled Parliament” on 26th July with his surprise announcement that the State of Emergency had been revoked the previous week (backdated to 21st  July). The King pointed out that he had not signed off on this decision and that had to the contrary told Takiyuddin and Muhyiddin that he expected the matter to be tabled, debated and voted on by MPs. The PN government responded to the publishing of that statement by immediately suspending Parliament half way through its sitting (on the usual excuse of Covid) and ministers had then retired to Mahiaddin’s own house before issuing their public rebuttal telling the King he must comply with their Cabinet decision. - More -   Ask your boss to do what you did in Perak, MP tells ex-MB Posted by: superadmin - 08-01-2021, 03:14 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Ahmad Faizal Azumu should advise his party president Muhyiddin Yassin to have his support tested in Parliament, just as the former Perak menteri besar had done in November, says an MP. Ipoh Barat MP Wong Kah Woh was responding to reports of the Bersatu deputy president denying that Parliament was postponed due to fears of the government’s stability, saying he “cannot be more wrong”. “It is clear that Covid-19 was only used as an excuse for the prime minister to hide from having a parliamentary sitting on Monday, despite the fact that the government had already arranged for a five-day sitting well designed not to have any session for voting,” he said in a statement. According to him, Faizal was “definitely a better man” compared to Muhyiddin as the former menteri besar had not blocked a motion of confidence against him in the Perak state assembly last year. “He may have lost that confidence vote and resigned, but he has marked himself as the first Perak menteri besar who was daring enough to face a confidence vote in the state assembly.” - More -   Brace for more ‘brought in dead’ cases from home quarantine, says doctor Posted by: superadmin - 08-01-2021, 02:23 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The government’s decision to allow mild and asymptomatic patients in the Klang Valley to undergo home quarantine may increase the brought-in-dead (BID) rate, says a volunteer doctor at a Covid-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) in the capital. Based on the health ministry’s reports, a total of 264 BID cases were recorded across the country from July 15-28. Selangor recorded the highest number, with 122 cases, during this period. The doctor, who was speaking to FMT on condition of anonymity, said that with the Delta variant now spreading across the country, many patients were suffering from “happy hypoxia”, where they did not show any symptom of breathing difficulty despite low oxygen levels in their body. “We find that with this new variant, the number of deaths at home due to Covid-19 is increasing. “Although the patients look all right, many were found to have died in their sleep. This ‘happy hypoxia’ can be considered a silent killer,” said the doctor. - More -   Why A Looming Copper Shortage Has Big Consequences For The Green Economy Posted by: superadmin - 08-01-2021, 10:37 AM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies Pages (1146): « Previous 1 … 921 922 923 924 925 … 1146 Next » Jump to page: