If PN had the majority of the MPs it declared it had, in order to be numerically considered to appoint it's candidate as PM, then it would not fear the holding of the next sitting in Parliament as soon as possible. (Of course I am cognizant of the clause that the actual provision says "in the opinion of...").
Any excuses (eg. re-reading of papers submitted by MPs of the previous Government is simply NONSENSICAL because the new House is still made up of the SAME MPs who are now wearing a different hat of allegiance) for delaying the next sitting not acceptable to the Rakyat. What more if it is delayed for 2.5 months to 18 May. Are YOU are afraid of the big bad wolf?
Thus, it's logically obvious that a longer time period is requested from the Speaker to hold the next Dewan Rakyat sitting because the appointed person needs more time to garner support because he/she does not have the 112 MPs to vote on his/her side in the Dewan. This would be a disaster for the new PM. You are of course, used to bartering ala Malaysia. Remember, the previous PM openly said "Cash is King".
Of course, the lobbying for senior positions in the new Cabinet is a major reason why the delay is sought. Afterall, when you sleep with the Devil, you know what you bargained for.
Of course, the lobbying for senior positions in the new Cabinet is a major reason why the delay is sought. Afterall, when you sleep with the Devil, you know what you bargained for.
(A lawyer says postponing the Dewan Rakyat sitting from March 9 to May 18 is against the Standing Orders as the new prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, must comply with the notice period of 28 days as required under Order 11 (3). “Therefore under these circumstances, the prime minister cannot invoke Order 11. He has not given 28 days of notice. He cannot, it is impossible,” he said, adding that Muhyiddin only took office on March 1, eight days before the house was scheduled to convene. The lawyer was responding to a Berita Harian report today quoting speaker Mohd Ariff Md Yusof on the postponement of the Dewan Rakyat sitting ).
While lawyers have said that the Standing Order prohibits the extension of time as provided by Order 11(3), my personal plain reading of the said clause (see below) doesn't give me comfort that they were 100% correct in making that assertion. Further, the Speaker is an experienced former Judge and I'm sure if he announced the date as such, he would have checked the applicability of the said Order(s) before being called a fool. But then again, this is Malaysia....where everything Boleh?
I go back to my earlier opinion on the wearer of the heavy crown.
Truth be told.
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