Ambiga: Vital for new PM to convene Parliament meet and end doubt about support
Sunday, 01 Mar 2020 10:22 PM MYTDatuk Ambiga Sreenevasan speaks during the Save Malaysia Demonstration at Sogo shopping complex on March 1, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara
The former Bersih 2.0 chairman cited Standing Orders 11 to make her case, saying the prime minister could inform the Speaker to reconvene Parliament outside of session if there were a matter of public interest that needed the attention of federal lawmakers. “It would not only be in his interests to do so, it would be in the overriding interests of the nation.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof said today that the Parliament meeting scheduled for March 9 might now be postponed.
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