Parliament, the symbol of Malaysian democracy, has come under serious attack in recent days and it is worrying that if this continues, we will lose what is left of our parliamentary democracy.
The fact that this attempt at removal is no more than political machination is even more apparent when there has been no attempt to remove the other deputy speaker, Mohd Rashid Hasnon, who has hopped from PKR to the prime minister’s party, PPBM. This case shows the Supreme Court declaring that the action of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prorogue parliament was unlawful because it served to frustrate parliament’s constitutional role of scrutiny of the executive. This is a landmark decision showing the judiciary not being afraid to stand up to the executive to protect the role of the parliament in the UK.
Our parliament already deals with a host of issues that serves to limit its ability to carry out its scrutiny functions. We do not have a fully developed committee system specialising in looking into specific areas of importance in the country. The UK’s House of Commons has about 60 committees to look into various issues wherein the committees will have the power to call for the prime minister or members of his Cabinet to answer and be accountable to parliament for their actions.
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