As a follow-up to Lim Wei Jiet’s timely post titled ‘1-Day Parliament Sitting: Motive, Machinations & Lessons from UK’s Prorogation Controversy’, this post will analyse in greater depth the procedural mechanisms which would likely be relevant to the effectuation of the government’s proposed one-day-session of the Dewan Rakyat. It will argue that a majority opposed…
“Humour can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the purely scientific mind. When a satirist is sued and a court attempts to ‘dissect the frog’, everyone tends to look foolish except the satirist.” – EB and Katharine S White, A…
“This Parliament is the crown and climax of our Constitution: in fact, it is the very essence.” – Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, YDPA of the Federation of Malaya (Dewan Ra’ayat Hansard, 12 September 1959) The Background After the Perikatan Nasional Government was formed on 1st March 2020, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin postponed…
The Stimulus Package Yesterday, Muhyiddin Yassin announced a purported RM250 billion stimulus package to weather Malaysia through the Covid-19 pandemic’s devastating economic impact. At the outset, let us be clear that the Government is not actually spending RM250 billion, but merely injecting RM25 billion. The balance RM225 billion actually comprises of the total value of…
Yesterday, Prime Minister Muhyiddin announced that, in light of the Covid-19 outbreak, all “gatherings” including international meetings, sports, social and religious events will be postponed until April 30 or cancelled. However, there seems to one exception: prayers at mosques would still proceed. Muhyiddin nonetheless hopes that Islamic religious authorities in all States will issues guidelines…