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The Fall of Warisan in Sabah's Election
ISSUE: 2021 No. 8 ISSN 2335-6677 RESEARCHERS AT ISEAS – YUSOF ISHAK INSTITUTE ANALYSE CURRENT EVENTS Singapore | 29 January 2021 The Fall of Warisan in Sabah’s Election: Telltale Signs, Causes and Salient Issues Arnold Puyok* President of the Sabah Heritage Party (Warisan) Shafie Apdal (centre), shows his inked finger after casting his vote at a polling station during state elections in Semporna, a town in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island, on September 26, 2020. Photo: AFP * Arnold Puyok is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Government Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). 1 ISSUE: 2021 No. 8 ISSN 2335-6677 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Public opinion polls conducted prior to the 16th Sabah state election provided telltale signs of Warisan’s loss of support and impending electoral defeat. • Warisan’s fall from power was mostly due to the party’s inability to address the priority needs of the largely rural Muslim Bumiputera and Kadazandusun voters. • Research fieldwork during the election campaign and post-election analysis reveal that rural Sabah voters are more concerned with bread-and-butter issues, while their partisan loyalties are not steadfast. They are willing to trade their political support for programmes and policies that yield tangible benefits. • The new state government led by Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) will face the twin challenges of appeasing increasingly demanding voters and delivering public goods effectively. • As GRS navigates these politically uncertain times, its future in Sabah looks unpromising. 2 ISSUE: 2021 No. 8 ISSN 2335-6677 INTRODUCTION In the recent Sabah state election, GRS (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah), comprising BN (Barisan Nasional), PN (Perikatan Nasional) and PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah), won 38 seats in the state legislative assembly, prevailing over a Warisan-led coalition by a six-seat margin. -
Majlis Bandaraya Seberang Perai
MAJLIS BANDARAYA SEBERANG PERAI TEKS UCAPAN YBHG. DATO’ Sr HAJI ROZALI BIN HAJI MOHAMUD DATUK BANDAR MAJLIS BANDARAYA SEBERANG PERAI SEMPENA MAJLIS SAMBUTAN HARI BANDARAYA 2020 OLEH YANG AMAT BERHORMAT TUAN CHOW KON YEOW KETUA MENTERI PULAU PINANG TARIKH / MASA / TEMPAT 19 SEPTEMBER 2020 (SABTU) 9.30 PAGI RUANG LEGAR, MENARA BANDAR RAYA BANDAR PERDA Disediakan oleh Jabatan Korporat dan Perhubungan Antarabangsa Ucapan YBhg. Datuk Bandar MBSP 2020 1 Terima kasih Saudara/Saudari Pengacara Majlis Yang Amat Berhormat Tuan Chow Kon Yeow Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Yang Berhormat Dato’ Law Choo Kiang Yang Di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang Yang Berhormat Dato' Ir. Hj. Ahmad Zakiyuddin Bin Abdul Rahman Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 Yang Berhormat Prof. Dr Ramasamy a/l Palanisamy Timbalan Ketua Menteri 2 YB Dato’ Abdul Razak Bin Jaafar Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang Yang Berhormat Tuan Jagdeep Singh Deo A/L Karpal Singh Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang Merangkap Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan, Kerajaan Tempatan Dan Perancangan Bandar & Desa Yang Berhormat Ahli-Ahli EXCO Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang Yang Berhormat Ahli-Ahli Parlimen Negeri Pulau Pinang Yang Berhormat ADUN-ADUN Negeri Pulau Pinang Yang Dihormati Ahli Majlis-Ahli Majlis Majlis Bandaraya Seberang Perai Yang Berusaha Puan Nur’Aishah bt Md Norodin Ketua Penolong Setiausaha, Bahagian Kerajaan Tempatan Yang Berusaha Ir Hajah Rosnani Binti Mahmod Setiausaha Bandaraya Majlis Bandaraya Seberang Perai Ketua-Ketua Jabatan Kakitangan Majlis Bandaraya Seberang Perai Rakan - rakan Media Tuan - tuan dan puan - puan yang dihormati sekalian Ucapan YBhg. Datuk Bandar MBSP 2020 2 Assalamualaikum warahmatullahhiwabarakatuh, Selamat pagi dan salam sejahtera, Alhamdullillah bersyukur kita ke hadrat ilahi kerana dengan limpah kurnianya dapat juga kita berkumpul pada pagi yang bersejarah ini bersempena Majlis Sambutan Hari Bandaraya yang pertama kali setelah setahun kita memikul amanah dan tanggungjawab ini. -
Sabah Elections 2020: Sentiments Trending on Social Media
ISSUE: 2020 No. 106 ISSN 2335-6677 RESEARCHERS AT ISEAS – YUSOF ISHAK INSTITUTE ANALYSE CURRENT EVENTS Singapore | 23 September 2020 Sabah Elections 2020: Sentiments Trending on Social Media Benjamin Y.H. Loh and Kevin Zhang* EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • On 26 September, the East Malaysian state of Sabah heads to the polls. The state election was called following the defection of 13 assemblymen from the Warisan-led state government. • The competition is fierce, with 447 candidates from many parties contesting for the 73 state legislative assembly seats. The main battle is however being fought between Warisan Plus on one hand and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) on the other. Warisan Plus consists of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and the Sabah-based Warisan, while GRS consists of Perikatan Nasional (PN), Barisan Nasional (BN), and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS). • The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed much of the political campaigns and discussions to online media platforms. Our research indicates that a vigorous online discourse has emerged in Sabah, particularly since the dissolution of the state assembly on 30 July. • Three key themes can be seen in the online media discourse among Sabahans: wariness against the role of “Cybertroopers”, cynicism over party-hopping, and a deepening political divide between Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia. • Both the incumbent (Warisan) and major opposition (BN) parties have been viciously attacked. The Warisan is painted as a pro-migrant party with poor administrative ability shown during their short tenure, while the BN parties are tagged as “robbers of the state” who failed to develop Sabah despite having exploited its natural resources for decades. -
Pulau Pinang Cerminkan Kerjasama
PDL Fasa 2 Menangi Peraduan! dibuka MS 3 MS 18 & 28 FEBRUARI 16-28, 2019 Pulau Pinang cerminkan kerjasama, berjaya mengangkat kepelbagaian semua kaum- Tun M Teks & Gambar : ZAINULFAQAR YAACOB GEORGE TOWN - Kerajaan Pakatan Harapan Persekutuan akan memastikan jurang sosial antara golongan kaya dan miskin membabitkan semua kaum dirapatkan di tanah air ini. Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata demikian ketika menyampaikan ucaptama dalam Perhimpunan Perdana Perpaduan 2019 sempena Sambutan Hari Perpaduan Negeri Pulau Pinang dan Ulang Tahun Ke-15 Majlis Perundingan Muhibah Negeri Pulau Pinang (MPMNPP). “Yang akan membawa malapetaka kepada negara kita ini adalah jikalau 'perpisahan' orang miskin dan kaya begitu jauh. “Sebab itu, Kerajaan Persekutuan akan berusaha merapatkan hubungan antara yang miskin dan kaya, supaya kekayaan kita ini dapat diagih secara saksama antara semua kaum. “Ini, suatu yang kita kena usahakan supaya jangan identiti kaum disamakan dengan keadaan miskin,” jelasnya pada majlis berkaitan di sini pada 8 Februari 2019. Turut berucap, Pengerusi MPMNPP, Tan Sri Dr. Mohd. Yussof Latiff yang juga Presiden Persatuan Melayu Pulau Pinang (PEMENANG). Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Y.A.B. Tuan Chow Kon Yeow antara tetamu kehormat paling utama di pentas auditorium yang menghimpunkan semua pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) berasaskan etnik berkenaan. Mahathir memberitahu bahawa walaupun begitu banyak parti ditubuhkan berasaskan kaum sejak sebelum dan selepas TUN Dr. Mahathir Mohamad menyampaikan ucaptama bersempena Perhimpunan -
Ralat Kenyataan Tawaran
RALAT KENYATAAN TAWARAN TENDER PERKHIDMATAN MEMBEKAL MAKANAN BERMASAK KE SEKOLAH/INSTITUSI PENDIDIKAN DI BAWAH KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN MALAYSIA BAGI TEMPOH KONTRAK 1 JANUARI 2019 HINGGA 31 DISEMBER 2020 1 Dengan segala hormatnya perkara di atas adalah dirujuk. 2. Merujuk kepada Kenyataan Tawaran Tender yang disiarkan di Portal Kementerian Pendidikan (KPM) pada 14 September 2018 (Jumaat), adalah dimaklumkan terdapat ralat pada tarikh tutup tender, tarikh dan tempat bagi sesi penerangan tender Bekalan Makanan Bermasak Negeri Perak seperti butiran baharu berikut. Walau bagaimanapun, maklumat - maklumat lain dalam iklan yang sama adalah kekal tidak berubah. 3. Tawaran ini adalah dipelawa kepada pembekal-pembekal yang berdaftar dengan Kementerian Kewangan di bawah Senarai Kod Bidang Bekalan / Perkhidmatan di bawah Bidang, Sub-Bidang dan Pecahan Sub-Kod Bidang: 040103 - Makanan Bermasak Islam yang masih sah dan berkuatkuasa. 4. Senarai tender adalah seperti berikut: TARIKH, MASA DAN TEMPAT SESI BIL. KOD TENDER NAMA SEKOLAH TARIKH TUTUP PENERANGAN JABATAN PENDIDIKAN NEGERI PULAU PINANG 1 QT180000000015976 SMKA(P) AL-MASHOOR 2 QT180000000015977 SMK PENANG FREE 3 QT180000000015978 SMK KAMPUNG SELAMAT 4 QT180000000015979 SMA MAAHAD AL-IMAM AN-NAWAWI 5 QT180000000015980 SMA DAERATUL MAARIFIL WATANIAH 1 6 QT180000000015981 MAKTAB WAN JAH 7 QT180000000015982 AL-MADRASAH AL-KHAIRIAH AL-ISLAMIAH 8 QT180000000015983 SMK PERMATANG PASIR 9 QT180000000016012 SMK PENANTI 10 QT180000000016013 SMK MENGKUANG 11 QT180000000016014 SMA FAQIAH DAIMIAH 12 QT180000000021499 -
Malaysia: the 2020 Putsch for Malay Islam Supremacy’
Jurnal Pengajian Melayu - JOMAS, Jilid 32(1), 2021: 118-137 KUPASAN ARTIKEL ‘MALAYSIA: THE 2020 PUTSCH FOR MALAY ISLAM SUPREMACY’ (CRITICAL APPRAISAL ON MALAYSIA: THE 2020 PUTSCH FOR MALAY ISLAM SUPREMACY’) James Chin, The Round Table, (2020), Vol. 109, No. 3, 288–297 https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2020.1760495 Asmady Idris [email protected] Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Asri Salleh [email protected] Universiti Teknologi Mara, Cawangan Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Mohd Rizal Mohd Yaakop [email protected] Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi Malaysia Received: 11 Februari 2020; Accepted: 8 April 2021 Abstract The 2018 General Election (PRU) marked a significant point in the history of Malaysian politics when the major opposition bloc Pakatan Harapan (PH) ended Barisan Nasional (BN) rule of 60 years since gaining independence in 1957. However, the PH government, led by ex-premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, only lasted 22 months. Accordingly, the sudden collapse of the PH government drew many to offer their respective analyses. James Chin (2020) wrote one of them titled ‘Malaysia: The 2020 Putsch for Malay Islam Supremacy’. He argued that, amongst the many reasons attributable to its sudden collapse, one stood out – the position of Islam and Malay supremacy in Malaysia. Since Malaysia is predominantly a Malay-Muslim country, such a profound claim warrants a thorough response. Thus, this study’s objective is to analyse and offer critiques on Chin’s work based on the three main factors, namely the concept of Malay supremacy, unreadiness of Malays to share power with non-Malays and the position of non-Malays e ISSN 2735 - 1904 https://doi.org/10.22452/JOMAS.vol32no1.8 118 Jurnal Pengajian Melayu - JOMAS, Jilid 32(1), 2021: 118-137 in the top government positions. -
Sidangan Prinsip Cekap, Akauntabiliti Dan Telus (CAT)
SIDANG DUN Intipati Belanjawan 2019 MS 1 - 9 MS 14 & 15 DISEMBER 1-15, 2018 BERSEJARAH Had tempoh 2 penggal Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang berkuat kuasa Oleh : ZAINULFAQAR YAACOB Gambar : AHMAD ADIIL MUHAMAD GEORGE TOWN - Seperti dijanjikan, Pulau Pinang mengehadkan tempoh lantikan seorang Ketua Menteri kepada dua penggal sahaja, berkuat kuasa serta-merta daripada tarikh Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-14 (PRU14). Ketika membentangkan usul pindaan itu, Ketua Menteri, Y.A.B. Tuan Chow Kon Yeow memberitahu bahawa Pulau Pinang melakar sejarah dengan menjadi negeri pertama yang melaksanakan janji berkaitan yang termaktub di dalam Manifesto Pakatan Harapan. “Meminda perlembagaan ini membuktikan bahawa Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang senantiasa mengamalkan prinsip Cekap, Akauntabiliti dan Telus (CAT). “Satu lagi bukti Kerajaan Pakatan Harapan menepati segala janji-janjinya,” jelasnya dalam persidangan Mesyuarat Kedua Penggal Pertama Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Ke-14 di sini 16 November 2018. Kon Yeow yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Padang Kota menyatakan, pindaan adalah pada Perkara 7 Fasal 2(a) Perlembagaan Negeri Pulau Pinang. Katanya, Perlembagaan Negeri yang asal berbunyi: “Perkara 7, Fasal (2) Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan hendaklah dilantik seperti yang berikut, iaitu :- “(a) Yang di-Pertua Negeri hendaklah terlebih dahulu melantik sebagai Ketua Menteri untuk mempengerusikan Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan seorang Ahli Dewan Undangan yang pada hematnya mungkin mendapat kepercayaan majoriti Ahli Dewan Undangan itu; …” Tambah Kon Yeow, pindaan yang dibuat pada Perkara 7, Fasal (2) Perlembagaan Negeri Pulau Pinang dengan menggantikan perenggan (a) seperti berikut :- LAW Choo Kiang (duduk, tengah) bergambar kenangan bersama-sama Ketua Menteri dan barisan ADUN Kerajaan “(a) Yang di-Pertua Negeri hendaklah terlebih dahulu Negeri selepas persidangan DUN ditangguhkan di sini baru-baru ini. -
INSAF 2003 Vol. 2.Pdf
INSAF Vol XXXII No 2 KDN PP 987/11/2003 ISSN 01268538 June 2003 Published by the Bar Council, Nos. 13, 15 & 17, Jalan Leboh Pasar Besar, 50050 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel No. (03) 2031 3003. Fax Nos. (03) 2026 1313 / 2034 2825 / 2072 5818. E-mail: [email protected] INSAF PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 2003/2004 EDITOR Malik Imtiaz Sarwar MEMBERS Hj Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari M Mathialagan Dato’ Mohd Sofian Abd Razak P K Yang Mr Yeo Yang Poh Hj Mohamed Apandi Ali Cecil Rajendra Malik Imtiaz Sarwar S Gunasegaran Ragunath Kesavan BAR COUNCIL 2003/2004 OFFICE BEARERS Hj Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari (Chairman) Mr Yeo Yang Poh (Vice-Chairman) Mohd Sofian Abdul Razak, Dato’ (Secretary) Malik Imtiaz Sarwar (Treasurer) MEMBERS Mr Mah Weng Kwai Mr Aloysius Ng Chee Seng Ms Hendon Hj Mohamed Mr R R Chelvarajah Dato’ Dr Cyrus Das Mr Gana Muthusamy Mr Cecil Rajendra Mr P Suppiah Mr Manjeet Singh Dhillon Mr Ong Siew Wan Mr Roy Rajasingham Mr Hon Kai Ping Ms Low Beng Choo Ms Faridah bt Yusoff Ms Yasmeen bt Hj Mohd Shariff Hj Asmadi b Awang Hj Hamid Sultan Abu Backer Mr Indran Rajalingam Mr Jerald Gomez Mr Jegadeeson Thavasu Mr Ragunath Kesavan Hj Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera Ms Ambiga Sreenevasan Ms Petra Oon Beng Ai Mr Steven Tai Tet Chuan Dato' R Rajasingam Mr S Ravichandran Ms Hajah Shamsuriah bt Sulaiman Mr Tony Woon Yeow Thong Mr M Mathialagan Mr Krishna Dallumah Mr Wan Mansor b Dato' Hj Wan Mohamed The Insaf Publication Committee welcomes articles for publication in INSAF. The Committee, however, reserves the right, at its discretion, not to publish any articles, or if published, to edit them for space, clarity and content. -
Penang PKR at the Centre of a Sand Storm Malaysiakini.Com July 16, 2010 Within the Quiet Enclaves of Batu Kawan, a Row Has Erupt
Penang PKR at the centre of a sand storm Malaysiakini.com July 16, 2010 Within the quiet enclaves of Batu Kawan, a row has erupted that puts in bad light the Penang government in general and PKR in particular. Batu Kawan, in the south of Seberang Perai, is the site planned for the third township in Penang, after Bayan Baru and Seberang Jaya. NONEHowever, poison-pen emails alleging top-level corruption have been circulating for weeks about illegal sand mining activities in the area, purportedly allowed due to the clandestine relationship between the mine owner, the deputy chief minister I and a state executive councillor, who are top PKR state leaders. Persons who are at the centre of the storm are DPM I Mansor Othman (left), state exco member for agriculture, rural development and flood mitigation and PKR state deputy chief Law Choo Kiang, and former state deputy women's wing chief Dr Joyce Lee. The crisis has also led to Seberang Perai Municipal Councillor Goh Choon Aik to relinquish his post as Batu Kawan PKR exco member, as he claimed that the allegations have not been seriously looked into. Goh tried to halt the sand mining operation but its owner revealed proof that he had obtained the approval of the state and threatened to take legal action against Goh. As a result of the threat, Goh resigned from the party but has retained his councillor's post. Soon after, the poison-pen email was found circulating. Goh and Law, who is also Bukit Tambun assemblyperson, have been at each other's throat in the Chinese press, with the former accused of sending a letter of complaint to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Mansor regarding the latter's alleged inaction towards the sand mining issue. -
Choo Kiang Speaker Pulau Pinang, Maktar Timbalan
Penang Transformasi Flat PPR Perang Ramadhan Papan Suoq Jalan MS Sungai Iklan 4 MS10 MS 24 PERCUMA buletin Cekap Akauntabel Telus 1 – 15, JULAI 2013 http:www.facebook.com/buletinmutiara http:www.facebook.com/cmlimguaneng Selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa buat muslimin & muslimat. Choo Kiang Speaker Pulau Pinang, Maktar Timbalan “Saya berharap perjalanan Oleh : ANNAS ZAINUL sidang Dewan berjalan lancar,” ABIDIN & ZAINULFAQAR ujarnya mengalu-alukan YAACOB pembukaan sidang DUN. Katanya, beliau bersama-sama GEORGE TOWN – Penggal Maktar berkongsi cita-cita untuk Pertama Dewan Undangan Negeri menyemarak lagi prinsip demokrasi (DUN) Pulau Pinang Ke-13 secara serta kebebasan bersuara menerusi rasminya dibuka pada pagi Jumaat, DUN Pulau Pinang sepanjang 28 Jun lepas. tempoh lima tahun mendatang ini. Seperti biasa, istiadat pelantikan Dalam perkembangan sama, Speaker DUN dilakukan sebelum Choo Kiang turut mengulas majlis angkat sumpah kesemua Ahli mengenai insiden wartawan akhbar Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Utusan Malaysia, Mohd. Firdaus dilangsungkan. Ismail, 27, melancarkan protes di Ahli Mesyuarat Dewan luar pagar DUN Pulau Pinang gara- menerima cadangan Ketua Menteri, gara dihalang membuat liputan Y.A.B. Tuan Lim Guan Eng untuk mesyuarat ADUN. melantik ADUN Bukit Tambun, Beliau berkata, larangan itu YANG Di-Pertua Negeri, Tuan Yang Terutama (TYT), Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas menyempurnakan Law Choo Kiang sebagai Speaker adalah ‘era lama’ dan tidak wajar istiadat pemeriksaan perbarisan. DUN Pulau Pinang yang baru. dilakukan pada era beliau menjadi Selain Guan Eng, Timbalan Speaker DUN. mereputasikan lagi peranan DUN Ketua Menteri I, Mohd. Rashid Malah, katanya lagi, beliau tidak Pulau Pinang dalam sistem Hasnon, Prof. Dr. P. Ramasamy akan menghalang mana-mana demokrasi negeri dan Negara. -
Ucapan Sambutan Ulang Tahun Bersatu Ke-2
UCAPAN YAB DATUK SERI PANGLIMA HAJI HAJIJI HAJI NOOR, KETUA BADAN PIMPINAN NEGERI BERSATU SABAH MERANGKAP KETUA MENTERI SABAH SEMPENA MAJLIS SAMBUTAN ULANGTAHUN BERSATU SABAH YANG KE-2 1. Alhamdulillah, bersyukur kita ke hadrat Allah SWT atas izin dan inayah-Nya, dapat kita berhimpun pada malam ini bagi meraikan Sambutan Ulang Tahun Ke-2 Bersatu Sabah. 2. Bagi pihak seluruh saf kepimpinan dan keluarga Bersatu Sabah, saya ingin merakamkan ucapan jutaan terima kasih atas kehadiran tetamu kehormat kita, sahabat karib saya, YB Dato’ Seri Ahmad Faizal Dato’ Azumu, Timbalan Presiden Bersatu bagi mewakili YAB. Presiden Parti. Sesungguhnya, kehadiran Dato’ Seri beserta rakan-rakan pimpinan Bersatu di peringkat nasional, amat besar ertinya buat kami di Sabah. Saya melihat wajah-wajah pemimpin pusat yang hadir pada malam ini adalah antara mereka yang komited bersama kami dalam susah senang menggalas perjuangan Bersatu di Sabah. Bermula dari detik awal usaha penubuhan, proses pengembangan, sehinggalah saat getir berhadapan dengan pilihan raya negeri, sokongan dan bantuan daripada kepimpinan pusat amat besar maknanya buat kami di Sabah. 3. Saya juga ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk merakamkan setinggi-tinggi ucapan penghargaan buat rakan-rakan pimpinan daripada parti-parti Perikatan Nasional peringkat pusat dan negeri yang hadir pada malam ini. Begitu juga, bersama-sama kita adalah rakan-rakan pimpinan daripada Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) iaitu Barisan Nasional dan Parti Bersatu Sabah. 4. Sesungguhnya, Bersatu Sabah amat menghargai dan menyanjung tinggi komitmen dan semangat permuafakatan yang dizahirkan oleh semua rakan-rakan dalam GRS. Hakikatnya, permufakatan inilah yang memungkinkan kita bersama beroleh kemenangan. Permuafakatan inilah juga yang mewarnai Langkah perjuangan Bersatu di Sabah. -
Penang Speaker Wants a Longer Q&A Session Malaysiakini.Com July
Penang speaker wants a longer Q&A session MalaysiaKini.com July 11, 2013 By Susan Loone New Penang legislative assembly speaker Law Choo Kiang is mulling a proposal to increase the verbal question and answer time in the sitting as part of the House's reform agenda. In an interview with Malaysiakini, Law said that he plans to continue the proposed reforms which were part of the legacy left by former speaker Abdul Halim Hussain, who presided over the House from 2008 to April this year. "According to our previous records, the state assembly standing order committee proposed eight amendments, and submitted them to the state executive council and legal advisor for consideration," Law said. dap special meeting 110313 lim guan eng"One of the amendments is to increase the verbal Q&A session from three hours (on the first day of the sitting) to 90 minutes every day of the proceedings," he added. However, the proposal had lapsed since it was proposed in the last term, before April 5, when Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (left) dissolved the state assembly on Apr 5, two days after Parliament dissolved, paving the way for polls on May 5. Law said the proposal must now be discussed again by the new committee,which was formed last Friday. Law supports the idea to increase the time for Q&A session, adding that he was confident it would be carried out during his tenure. "Let's us do whatever we can. We do not have to wait until every amendment is approved," he said.