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Prioritise reports that benefit the people, even though these may not be interesting, says Kadir Jasin.

The time is not right for such a ruling as there are differences in opinions, says Sivarasa.

Mahathir is responding to claims by Kadir Jasin on the danger of the government being sabotaged.  

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Better still if the rules are also applied to MPs and assemblypersons, says the veteran newsman.

Debate on social media shows most people are sickened by their acceptance, says the veteran newsman.

He claims several sultans were 'explicitly and implicitly' campaigning against the prime minister.

The gov't, however, will leave the discussions to media practitioners, says the special advisor on media.

He claims they had met with Dr M with their overture, but Bersatu is aware of Umno's tricks.

Kadir says being monitored was not the royalty's immediate concern but straying into politics is.

A key task is to ensure media will have ‘freedom to act as a check and balance against the gov’t’.

Mahathir's special adviser backs ex-PM's call for RCI on ECRL, SSER pipelines, adds it must cover HSR too.

Letting all those loyal to the previous regime go, he says, may cause them to turn around and attack the gov't.

The former CEP spokesperson says any suggestions otherwise, are the work of the 'ignorant and foul-minded'.

A consensus which has been reached needs to be respected, he says.

UPDATED 3.21PM | The veteran journalist reiterates that he was not pressured by any party to leave the Council of Eminent Persons.

COMMENT | Nevertheless, he can promote more incisive and thought-provoking articles to make us think harder.

COMMENT | PKR leader's outburst has encouraged vigilante elements like Perkasa to come out of the woodwork.

UPDATED 2.47PM | He wants to avoid confusion over his role in the council and the views he expresses on his blog. 

If his writing is questionable, it should be debunked with facts, says former journalist after Anwar rebuke. 

COMMENT | What Kadir is advocating is 'responsible feudalism', which is what a constitutional monarchy is all about.

Be loyal to the Agong and Malay rulers. We will act aggressively against those who behave rudely, it warns.

COMMENT | The static between the politician and the scribe has a longer history than presently suspected.

Umno Youth's Razlan Rafii wants clarification on what Kadir meant by 'Harapan's institutional reforms'.