Ku Li: Constitution is supreme, efforts to block Parliament unlawful

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KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 4 — Veteran lawmaker Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah today warned the government that the Federal Constitution would be undermined by the stifling of Parliament.

The Gua Musang MP said that any attempts to compromise the role of the Parliament and prevent it from exercising its true functions should be deemed illegal.

“It is established constitutional law that if the decision to prorogue Parliament is without justification, it is unlawful.

“If the prorogation has the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of Parliament to carry out its constitutional function, to supervise the Executive, then it is unconstitutional,” he wrote in a statement today.


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