PETALING JAYA, 25 March 2009: The People’s Parliament has launched an online petition for Malaysians who want to indicate that they do not have confidence in Datuk Seri Najib Razak as the next prime minister. The petition is a way for constituents to direct their Members of Parliament (MPs) to demand for a Royal Commission […]
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Opposition MPs withdraw from mob probe panel
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 March 2009: The three opposition members have withdrawn from the special committee set up by the Dewan Rakyat to investigate the 26 Feb incident where Karpal Singh was allegedly prevented from entering Parliament House by a mob. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, in announcing this, […]
Police to stop memo handover in Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 March 2009: Police will stop a group which plans to hand over a memorandum to certain Members of Parliament (MPs) in Parliament on Thursday to ensure that there is no trouble within and outside the building. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Wira Mohamad Sabtu Osman said police would take firm action including […]
Independent fights with Opposition MPs
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Feb 2009: A majority of the Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) walked out of the Dewan Rakyat today when Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Ind-Pasir Mas) debated the motion of thanks for the Royal address. They did so to show their dissatisfaction over Ibrahim’s remarks about the Opposition, which caused a war of words […]
PAS: One-way hopping acceptable
By The Nut Graph team“If he wants to join a cause he feels is right, like PAS’s, we would not object. It is compulsory that we accept him…Looking at the situation now, party-hopping is acceptable as the Barisan Nasional member does not like the party anymore.” PAS Terengganu state commissioner Datuk Mustafa Ali when commenting on Bota state assemblyperson […]
Rude MPs
By Hafidz Baharom(© Anouk Stricher / Dreamstime) JUST how courteous are Malaysians when speaking to one another? There’s no problem when I speak with my own friends, even if we do use a few choice words against one another every now and then. Then again, we’re not exactly elected representatives gathered in the august halls of Parliament. […]