Speaker wants full control
KUALA LUMPUR (May 5, 2008): Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia opened the sitting today with a stern reminder that he will not entertain any calls to raise the points under the Standing Order, except if they meant to contribute towards ensuring the smooth running of the House.
Learning from [...]
…In its editorial, the daily suggested that Parliament sittings be broadcast by electronic media to monitor the attitudes of MPs and to improve the quality of questions posed by elected representatives.
The daily said some of the MPs liked to make meaningless statements and waste their time on a war of words instead of [...]
Backbencher Datuk Badruddin Amiruldin (BN-Jerai) apologised on Thursday to women in general for the “terowong” (tunnel) comment he made during the recent Umno General Assembly.
Badruddin said he had no malice or any intention to degrade women when he uttered the word.
He said he only meant it as a joke as he was not referring [...]
It seems that there are some elected representatives in the Parliament who have no qualms about ridiculing women at the drop of a hat.Should no punitive action be taken against such loose tongues, the backlash will only besmirch the country’s image in promoting gender equality and Malaysians with first class mentality. The most recent incident [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far ) MALAYSIANS can’t be blamed if they hit the roof over Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu’s statement that the condition of the Parliament House roof is so bad that the whole structure has to be dismantled and rebuilt with waterproofing material.
The Works Minister did not give an estimate of the repair bill but we can [...]
Nine days after they made their “bocor (leak)” remarks that led to an uproar among women’s groups, the two Members of Parliament finally made a formal apology to all Malaysian women.
Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin, who made the remarks in Parliament on May 9, and Jasin MP Datuk Mohd Said Yusof who [...]
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Bung Mokhtar Radin and Mohd Said Yusof let off the hook despite their sexist remarks
TWO Government backbenchers were let off the hook despite making sexist remarks following Fong Po Kuan’s (DAP – Batu Gajah) observations of leaks in the Parliament building.
And an angry Fong proposed to refer Datuk Mohd Said Yusof (BN – Jasin) and Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (BN – Kinabatangan) to the Rights and Privileges Committee, saying [...]
THE public is partly to be blamed for snatch thefts, said Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum.
He said snatch thefts usually occurred when the victims were careless with their property.
“Such an attitude gives snatch thieves the opportunity to strike,” he said when replying to a question from Senator Siw Chun Eam.
Earlier, while [...]
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