Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has panned the contract on the RM6 billion Rawang- Ipoh Electrified Double Tracking Project, saying the terms and conditions were "abnormal" and did not protect the government’s interest.
SOME MPs say that this year’s just concluded second meeting of the Dewan Rakyat is significant only in that during its 24 sittings beginning June 7, the 10th Malaysia Plan was presented and debated. It was passed at the end of last June without any change. [Full Story]
WHO says speakers don’t speak? It’s, of course, a tradition of the House of Commons that someone who is appointed to preside over sittings – a daily meeting is a sitting – is called a speaker but he or she is not allowed to speak, or to do so only sparingly. [Full Story]
THE Dewan Rakyat approved the motion to refer Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PKR-Permatang Pauh) to the Rights and Privileges Committee after a heated debate lasting three hours yesterday. [Full Story]
DEWAN RAKYAT Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia yesterday reminded those in power to be responsible for the things they say and told the MPs the decisions of the speaker cannot be challenged.