PUTRAJAYA, March 8 — The Cabinet will contact the Office of the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat over false statements issued by MPs during the debate on the Motion of Thanks for the Royal Address in the Dewan Rakyat in the past two weeks.
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the Cabinet voiced a firm reprimand against such behaviour at today’s meeting.
“InsyaAllah, the Cabinet will contact the Dewan Rakyat Speaker's Office to make sure (it does not recur) because there seems to be an attitude of issuing a statement first, then apologised,” he said during a press conference after the Cabinet meeting today.
Fahmi added a series of false statements issued by MPs had confused the Dewan Rakyat, before being followed up with apologies.
“There is a contention as to whether there was any remorse. Do they understand that what was said was incorrect, either (MPs) of Tasek Gelugor (Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan), Pengkalan Chepa (Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary), or Marang (Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang),” he said.
The matters raised will be answered by the ministers in the winding-up session scheduled to start on Monday (March 11).
On Tuesday (March 5), Wan Saiful apologised for uttering malicious statements against the Prime Minister in the Dewan Rakyat.
He apologised after Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul asked the Perikatan Nasional MP to explain the statement he made when debating on the Motion of Thanks for the Royal Address on February 28.
— Bernama
