... not similarly become a privilege or ‘priority lane’ for powerful criminals, or worse, be abused as a bargaining chip in political deals. This white paper must be tabled and debate d in Parliament before ...
Monday, 04 March 2024
... debate about whether the grant of pardon is the YDPA’s personal prerogative or whether His Majesty acts as a constitutional monarch on the advice of the Board.
A long line of judicial decisions holds ...
Tuesday, 06 February 2024
... and scrutinised, checked and balanced by both Opposition parliamentarians and government backbenchers through select committees, plenary debate s and parliamentary questions.
3. Federalism, in which ...
Sunday, 31 December 2023
... our parliamentary governments be formed by individual parliamentarians or parties?
This is perhaps the most important debate about our political system that we need at this stage of democratisation. ...
Monday, 02 January 2023
... won’t tolerate nonsense like “waiting for inspiration for a snap poll” or “going into an election with an undebate d budget”.
It is time for Malaysians to reject sophistry like “we need an early election ...
Sunday, 24 July 2022
... Parliament in July. Here are six pertinent questions in the debate .
1. Should the AHL cover expulsion?
An AHL normally does not just cover voluntary quitting, but also involuntary expulsion ...
Sunday, 15 May 2022
... parties to advertise their political campaigns on radio and television, hold debate of chief minister candidates and ensure fair news coverage for all candidates and political parties. This is extremely ...
Friday, 05 November 2021
... prepare for policy debate s on Bills. There is no practice or convention of sending Bills to a select committee for review either before or after its Second Reading, which would allow for deeper, bipartisan ...
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
...
Fourth, in the Perak Menteri Besar succession debate over a decade ago, the Federal Court established that the Ruler may use means other than a vote of confidence in the House to form his judgment. ...
Sunday, 05 September 2021
... six months after the Emergency Proclamation ends on 1 August 2021, as per Article 150(7)?
(6) Will the National Recovery Plan be debate d and voted by MPs, with amendments in approval if necessary, or ...
Wednesday, 07 July 2021
... the committees involved, such as the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) can be monitored and improved by the ideas emerging from parliamentary debate the PSCs.
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Monday, 14 June 2021
... their particular risks and challenges. Apart from the suggestion of a unity government or emergency cabinet, there is the proposal of a Confidence and Supply Agreement. We do not wish to debate the relative ...
Friday, 28 May 2021
... the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government for declaring the highly controversial Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021 on fake news without putting it through a parliamentary session for debate ...
Saturday, 13 March 2021
... such as parliamentary questioning and legislative debate s. It should formalise the power and authority of the leader of the Opposition and/or a representative of the shadow cabinet to be consulted on decisions ...
Thursday, 04 March 2021
... temperament may not fit constituency campaigning and service under the FPTP system.
So we would have more intelligent parliamentary debate s instead of shouting between lawmakers.
*Penang's ...
Monday, 08 February 2021
... temperament may not fit constituency campaigning and service under the FPTP system.
So we would have more intelligent parliamentary debate s instead of shouting between lawmakers.
*Penang's ...
Monday, 08 February 2021
... is made based on a research report launched by BERSIH 2.0 today entitled "Public Funding for Political Parties: Debate s, Case Studies and Recommendations". The study was conducted by Ooi Kok Hin under ...
Monday, 25 January 2021
... Report to the parliament for debate . The government lackadaisical attitude towards human rights issue have us believed that they hold human rights issues with scant regard.
Security laws that permit ...
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
... debate (2) even though he had just returned to Kuala Lumpur from Sabah on 12 November. Earlier on 20 November 2020, the Director General of Health Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham said all individuals from Sabah ...
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
... the assistance of RTM - and even the good will of private broadcasters - to provide for party leaders' debate s and free airtime for all candidates for all constituencies. The EC should in fact have Elections ...
Wednesday, 04 November 2020