Puad chastises Shahidan over response to Umno’s 14-day Parliament ultimatum

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi has today chastised his party colleague Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim for criticising the party’s ultimatum in demanding for Parliament to reconvene within two weeks.

Mohd Puad said, while it was common knowledge that the Dewan Rakyat Speaker needed to provide a 28-day notice to convene Parliament according to Standing Order 11(2), he pointed out that the Dewan Rakyat Speaker can do away with the 28-day notice in cases that are deemed to be “of urgency” under Standing Order 9(2)(a) and 11(3).

This comes after Shahidan took a veiled jab at Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after the latter issued the government an ultimatum to reconvene Parliament within 14 days of June 21.


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