Stand up for fairness, Mr Speaker

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A meeting of Parliament long awaited by the whole country is about to get under way. There’s much to be discussed after the last meeting which ended on Dec 29 last year.

Over the past seven months, we have had a state of emergency, numerous lockdowns of various kinds, a healthcare system on the verge of collapse and, as of yesterday, more than 17,000 infections in a day.

What’s worse, we now have amassed a cumulative total of a million Covid-19 cases. One out every 33 Malaysian has been infected.

That’s a million reasons why the people need to know what Parliament is about to discuss, what problems are examined and what solutions are put forward.

But Free Malaysia Today will not be there to tell Malaysians about it.

Despite the pressing need for information, Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun has seen fit to isolate millions of Malaysians, both inside and outside the country, from the action inside the House.

He has only invited a handful of media to cover the meeting, leaving out Free Malaysia Today – one of the top three news portals in Malaysia – and the Malay Mail, the online version of one of the oldest newspapers in the country.


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