An Infamy Dewan Rakyat Sits With One Item On The Agenda

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A Kadir Jasinبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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Fear of no-confidence motion could the the motivationMONDAY, the 18thday of the month of May, 2020 will go down in the history of Malaysian democracy as a day of infamy.
Without rhyme or reason other than self-preservation, the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) of the Parliament would sit for one day and the sole item on the agenda is the King’s speech.
After the King’s speech, which would probably last half an hour to 45 minutes, the house would adjourn. The press statement of 13 May by the Speaker, Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, clearly states that – “Tiada sidang selepas Titah Diraja” (no sitting after the King’s speech).
Back in 1969, when Parliament was suspended, the reasons were compelling. The country had just gone through a series of bloody race riots and the emergency was in force.
In other words, this May 18 sitting is merely to fulfill the condition that the Dewan must sit in accordance with the schedule.
There is no better reason to justify this insult and assault on democracy than the fear of the Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin, that he might face the humiliation of a vote of no-confidence.
There are reasons for him to fear. The biggest being the vote of no-confidence motion proposed by the member for Langkawi, Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
He could also face a no-confidence vote through the voting for a government bill. There were reports previously that the government would table several bills to regularise the administration.
He might still win if the vote of no-confidence motion is allowed. But a debate would expose details of deceits and lies that would lend his leadership even more untenable.
I say he might still win because firstly, he had convinced the King that he had the majority support of the members, which caused the Monarch to swear him in on March 2, and secondly, he had “secured” the support of many members through Cabinet appointments and other government posts.
Muhyiddin was sworn because he claimed he had the majority.While the people of Malaysia are deprived of their unalienable right to have a say in the appointment of the government, which the Prime Minister himself had admitted was not elected by the people, Muhyiddin’s own democratic legitimacy remains questionable.
In the meantime, administration at all levels is being politicised with the democratically elected state governments replaced by the Pakatan Nasional (PN) usurpers and professional GLC chairmen and board members fired to make room for PN political appointees.
The PN government is looking every bit like the kleptocratic former Barisan Nasional (BN) administration with Pas being as happy as a clam happy playing a second fiddle in the so-called Malay-Muslim government and the Prime Minister’s own party, Bersatu is imploding.

 Wallahuaklam. Thank you.

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