Opposition MPs head four out of nine Parliamentary Select Committees
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun announced today that four out of the nine Parliamentary Select Committees will be headed by the Opposition MPs.
The decision followed the Parliamentary restructuring and reform after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Transformation and Political Stability signed between the federal government and Pakatan Harapan on September 13. “The chairman of the Select Committee is also divided between the government and the opposition in a ratio of 5:4,” he said in a statement.
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