Well, Parliament will be commencing soon, and the FIRST thing that should be done is to pass laws that will allow Parliament to be able to function virtually - there is ZOOM, Jitsi and a range of available options for Parliament to continue sitting even if physical attendance is impossible be it by reason of Covid or some other natural disaster...and this should also allow for the various Committees to continue to operate..
Even if Parliament could not physically sit, there was NO REASON why MPs could not submit WRITTEN QUESTIONS and get answers from the relevant Ministers..
PM Muhyiddin and his BN-PN Plus government used an EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION to suspend Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies - This should never happen in the future - so, here we need a Constitutional Amendment - that clearly states that Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies cannot be suspended by a Declaration of Emergency.
Further, this Emergency Declaration disrespected State sovereignty and its Rulers - The King acting on the advice of the sitting Prime Minister did it, affecting even State legislature. Surely, the State and its Rulers must AGREE before such a thing can happen in the future.
PARLIAMENTARY SITTING - even if Parliament is not sitting the MPs and ADUNs can still perform their functions as peoples' representatives - they can SPEAK UP...they can ask questions - they can put forward SUGGESTIONS of what alternative things can be done... After all, we are in the ICT Age, and there is so many alternative media(NOT State controlled) and the social media...but look at your MP or ADUNs, did they speak up at all...
Parliament Procedure does not accord FREEDOMs needed - the AGENDA and who speaks is limited and controlled, and, of course some MPs inadvertently just do not speak sense or logical/relevant points - JUST read the Hansard of past.
CHANGING THE PM - Well, we never needed the Parliament to sit for that. At any time, when it is shown that a sitting PM has lost the confidence of the majority, that PM has NO CHOICE but to resign with his entire Cabinet - and a new PM comes into being, if not a General Elections.
UMNO proclaims that they have lost confidence in Muhyiddin ...but then it may be 'mere puff' - the UMNO members could have all resigned from Cabinet - but wait, that did not happen.
At the end of the day, MUHYIDDIN still enjoys the confidence of the majority of MPs - and the WHY is a question for reflection. Was UMNO's noice or protest quelled by the naming of an UMNO man as Deputy Prime Minister, and the appointment of another SENIOR Minister that hails from UMNO?
FEDERAL CONSTITUTION guarantee of equality and equal treatment under the law is VIOLATED when everyone returning back to Malaysia are subjected to a Mandatory 14 day quarantine but not MINISTERS...
Comparatively, SINGAPORE has outshined Malaysia in its battle against COVID..
SO MUCH MONEY SPEND - so how much DEBT of Malaysia? How much of the monies were wastefully expended? How much disappeared ....mmm
All of us were asked to STAY at Home, practice social distancing but then our PM during the Pandemic managed to go for UMRAH, and Senior Minister visited the tourist attraction, Hagia Sophia in Turkey...
Should not our 'leaders' be setting examples rather than...
So much news about Parliament opening...but really we need our MPs to be an effective check and balance...and making good alternative suggestions...
How many MPs even disclose how they spend the monies given to them for their constituencies ...that new 'food basket' allocations... If you want government to be transparent and accountable, then you too must be transparent and accountable with regards the monies given to you to spend in your constituencies, etc...
Muhyiddin and wife perform 'umrah' in Mecca amid official Saudi visit
MECCA, Mar 7 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin performed the umrah here yesterday.
He was given the opportunity to enter the Kaaba.
His wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman also performed the umrah, and they completed the ritual at about 10pm yesterday (3am Sunday in Malaysia).
Muhyiddin, who is on a four-day official visit to this country
beginning yesterday, performed the umrah at the invitation of the Saudi
Arabian King and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al-Saud. — Bernama, Malay Mail, 7/3/2021
Azmin lawat bangunan ikonik Hagia Sophia ketika di Turki
Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri Mohamed Azmin Ali melawat bangunan ikonik Hagia Sophia ketika berada di Turki.
Menteri kanan itu berada di Eropah untuk lawatan rasmi dan minggu lalu mengunjungi Austria serta bertemu dengan Menteri Hal Ehwal Digital dan Ekonomi Austria, Margarete Schramböck.
Ketika di Austria juga Azmin berkesempatan mengunjungi sebuah syarikat semikonduktor di Loeben.
Turkey Local Guides, yang menyediakan perkhidmatan pemandu pelancong, hari ini menyiarkan di Instagramnya foto Azmin di Hagia Sophia, sebuah tempat bersejarah dan pelancongan yang terkenal di Istanbul, Turki.
"Dengan senang hati memandu lawatan Mr Muhammed (sic) Azmin Ali (Menteri Kanan Malaysia). Dia bersedia dan sabar untuk mendengar (mengenai) kisah sejarah Hagia Sophia," katanya.
Akaun instagram itu pada awalnya berkata ia menjadi pemandu pelancong untuk Azmin dan "keluarganya". Pun begitu, perkataan "keluarga" itu kemudian dikeluarkan.
Untuk rekod, Bangunan Hagia Sophia - atau Ayasofia - itu asalnya dibina empayar Rom Timur sebagai gereja besar pada abad keenam Masihi sebelum diubah menjadi masjid oleh kerajaan Uthmaniyah pada 1453.
Statusnya sekali lagi bertukar apabila kerajaan sekular Turki menjadikannya muzium pada 1934 dan lebih 50 tahun kemudian Hagia Sophia itu diiktiraf Unesco sebagai sebahagian daripada Kawasan Bersejarah Tapak Warisan Dunia Istanbul.
Pada 11 Julai tahun lalu, Presiden Turki, Recep Tayyip Erdogan mengumumkan Hagia Sofia akan kembali menjadi masjid selepas mahkamah tertinggi negara itu memutuskan status terdahulunya sebagai muzium tidak sah.
Sementara itu, timbul persoalan mengenai tempoh kuarantin yang akan dilalui Azmin setelah pulang dari program lawatan kerjanya itu.
Pada bulan Februari, Menteri Kesihatan Adham Baba memendekkan masa kuarantin bagi menteri yang pulang dari luar negara dari 10 hari menjadi tiga hari.
Bagaimanapun, Adham berkata SOP kuarantin untuk menteri dilonggarkan tetapi mesti disertakan dengan peraturan perjalanan yang ketat.
Tempoh kuarantin bagi warganegara yang kembali dari beberapa negara dinaikkan dari 10 hari menjadi 14 hari pada bulan April kerana kebimbangan varian baru Covid-19.
Sejak itu, varian Beta (Afrika Selatan) dan varian Delta (India) telah mula menyebar di negara ini.
Varian yang lebih ganas telah dituding punca peningkatan kes Covid-19 di negara ini walaupun dalam keadaan PKP.
Azmin dan anggota kabinet yang lain telah diberi vaksin sepenuhnya.
Vaksin Covid-19 secara dramatik mengurangkan kemungkinan jangkitan yang teruk atau kematian.
Pun begitu, vaksin tidak menjadikan seseorang kebal sepenuhnya terhadap Covid-19.
Beberapa vaksin Covid-19 juga didakwa kurang berkesan terhadap varian Covid-19 yang baru.
Pada masa ini, rakyat biasa dilarang pergi ke luar negara kerana wabak Covid-19.
Namun, pengecualian dapat dibuat untuk keadaan khusus, seperti keadaan darurat dan pengajian di luar negara. - Malaysiakini, 12/7/2021
Cabinet ministers now need to be quarantined only for three days
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): The government has decided that Cabinet ministers returning from overseas trips to only be subjected to a three-day quarantine period, as opposed to the usual 10-day quarantine requirement.
A federal gazette signed by Minister of Health Datuk Seri Adham Baba, which will be effective tomorrow (Feb 9) until Aug 1, states that cabinet ministers who are returning from any official overseas visit will need to be under observation for three days or undergo supervision until they can be released without endangering the public.
The order, called the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Exemption) Order 2021, states that any minister who is returning from an official visit abroad would be exempted from Section 15 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988.
Section 15 states that “an authorised officer may order any contact to undergo observation in such place and for such period as he may think fit, or to undergo surveillance until he may be discharged without danger to the public”.
Currently, Malaysia enforces a 10-day mandatory quarantine requirement for those that are taking flights, either international or domestic.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin made an official visit to Indonesia last week for a one-hour face-to-face meeting with President Joko Widodo.
In October last year, he emphasised that there was no practice of double standards in complying with the Covid-19 quarantine orders and said he himself and his ministers were not exempted from adhering to the standard operating procedures.
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