KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a parliamentary committee formed to scrutinise the financial expenditure of the government and taxpayers’...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The Public Accounts Committee is a parliamentary committee formed to scrutinise the financial expenditure of the government and taxpayers’ money.
A prominent argument against this proposal given by former Dewan Rakyat Speakers including Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia and Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun was that live telecast of the PAC hearings would be against a House rule meant to protect those who testify before the parliamentary committee. Today, this proposal has been raised again by newly appointed PAC chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin and vice-chairman Wong Shu Qi.Can it be done?
Section 9 of the Act says: “the publication of any Report of a Committee of the House or of any evidence given or any documents presented to such Committee or extracts from such documents before such Committee has presented its Report to the House”. He added that nothing in the proceedings shall be deemed secretive as eventually the Hansard will be published as part of the report.
In December 2019, Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, who was Dewan Rakyat Speaker during the PH administration, had then announced that the parliamentary special select committees and special chamber proceedings would be streamed live in 2020 starting in March.
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