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KUALA LUMPUR: Now that the voting age has been lowered to 18 following the implementation of Undi18, it is time the Dewan Negara opened its doors to those over the age of 18 so that the youth can be appointed as members of the Dewan Negara, says Senate president Tan Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar to appoint youths aged 18 and above,” he said in an interview with The Star at his office in the Parliament building here on Monday.
The former Law Minister said he is planning on doing this by adding more women into the fold, as well as having extra representatives from each state. The current membership of the Senate consists of 26 members elected by State Legislative Assemblies to represent the 13 states, with each state represented by two members.
According to the former Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker, he is looking into introducing a provision that will allow a motion of no confidence to be tabled with only a 24-hour notice to the House. However, he said this does not mean Private Member’s Bills can be tabled at any time. Rather, it will see a specific Dewan Rakyat session dedicated to hear the Bills.
The former Santubong MP also spoke against using the Senate as a"dumping ground" for failed politicians.I like that question but the point is, do you want the Dewan Negara to be a tiger? We are just performing functions based on the Federal Constitution. We have to provide that service according to the functions determined by the Constitution, tradition and convention.
What sort of representatives you would like to see appointed as members of the Dewan Negara? Often, we see political parties picking loyalists rather than getting the best person for the job. The other aspect is, of course, the appointment from the disenfranchised group that can never reach Parliament unless they are appointed as senators like the Orang Asli, Penan and Bajau Laut communities, for example.
You recently announced the plan to reintroduce the Parliamentary Service Act and the Houses of Parliament Act. Any updates on these? I have already discussed with my officers on how the impeachment procedure is going to be like but I'm not going to disclose it for now. I'm going to discuss with the AGC. I have discussed with Tan Sri Johari and the Prime Minister has already been informed. The detailed procedure is yet to be drafted.
But the Speaker cannot reject the first vote of no confidence tabled. You must be given the opportunity . You mentioned to me earlier about making the Cabinet accountable to Parliament. What are the plans for this? So the government is happy because nobody is supervising them. They can do what they like. They built roads using money that was approved for building bridges and so on because the tradition is that, the government does not want to be supervised.
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