ANALYSIS As the dust settles on the Bersih 4 rally, the focus is on whether a motion of no-confidence will be tabled in the October parliament sitting.

The call was made at the mammoth rally last weekend, with several opposition leaders and former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad backing this is as a way to get rid of scandal-hit premier Najib Razak.

However, the newly appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Azalina Othman Said yesterday brushed off the suggestion, saying that a no-confidence vote would not happen in Malaysia.

From a strictly legal perspective, the parliamentary affairs minister may be right as the no-confidence vote is not codified here, even though Malaysia follows the Westminster system.

In contrast, the United Kingdom, where the Westminster system was born, has codified the procedures fo a no-confidence vote on the prime minister through the Fixed Term Parliament Act four years ago.