Pakatan wants two weeks of Parliament sitting
The Pakatan Harapan presidential council says changes should be made to allow for a virtual sitting with a reduced number of lawmakers, without affecting the quorum and voting percentage of each party. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 30, 2020.
PAKATAN Harapan has called on Putrajaya to convene a two-week Parliament sitting from May 18 to discuss various important issues pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic and on measures to overcome the economic fallout. In a statement today, the opposition pact’s presidential council said all standard operating procedures implemented by the Dewan Rakyat for the one-day sitting on May 18 can be used to extend the sitting to two weeks.
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