Malaysia had a rowdy start to its first parliamentary sitting of the year

Parliamentarians gathered for the first time this year ever since the state of emergency barred parliament from reconvening since January – and boy, are we off to a “great” start.

“Nah. There’s a new interpreter already who replaced her. Her hands [are] probably cramped already,” someone replying to him said.Here’s a round-up of today’s greatest hits so far as seen live on YouTube:Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun, or Art Harun, was having a hard time telling MPs to shut up today. While going through the ground rules for the special sitting, opposition MPs such as M Kula Segaran and Thomas Su interrupted him.

Citing the official rules, aka Standing Order 11, he said that only the prime minister can call for a special parliamentary sitting and establish the conduct of a sitting.What’s a Malaysian parliamentary sitting without good ol’ name-calling? Opposition Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh set the stage for this by targeting the speaker. Ramkarpal raised his voice at Azhar today, questioning whether he was pro-government when he should be acting as a neutral party.

“You have to understand that the rules of the House cannot supersede the constitution. Did you receive orders from the government to not bring forward those issues to Parliament?” Ramkarpal said. “Is this your agenda? If it is, resign.”

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