Malaysiakini c ompares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Times and Star both headlined the opposition's boycott of the Perak State Assembly yesterday, which did nothing to stop the budget from being passed.

New Straits Times also led with the quitting of two key Sabah PKR leaders.

Also headlined by Star , the National Automotive Policy is to receive an overhaul.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian both headlined the opposition boycott in the Perak State Assembly.

Utusan led with news of Parliamentarians agreeing to have only one type of school, doing away with vernacular and MRSM-type schools which do not contribute to national unity.

Berita Harian also headlined that all cars which are 15 or more years old will have to undergo annual fitness checks at Puspakom as a criteria for renewing the road tax.

Also headlined by Berita Harian , PAS rejects the suggestion of an EGM and agrees to a political seminar instead.

Editorial

New Straits Times notes that the collapsed bridge tragedy in Kampar should be a lesson to the authorities to ensure that sloppy site supervision and lax approvals no longer take place.

Berita Harian said that safety is a shared responsibility, and that the Public Works Department, District Education Office (PPD), teachers, as well as the students who shook the bridge, all share the responsibility in the Kampar bridge tragedy.

Utusan said that the loss of confidence displayed by PKR leaders, along with internal conflicts within Pas and DAP (whether played out publicly or privately), will be detrimental to the opposition's image. It shows that the opposition cannot get along with one another, and thus do not adhere to the concept of 1Malaysia.