The Dewan Rakyat will reconvene next Monday and the most anticipated item on the agenda is PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's motion to amend the Syariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965, also known as Act 355.

However, the motion was listed as the 10th item on the Order Paper, behind government matters. So the question is: Will the motion be debated this time around, or will it be postponed yet again?

Veteran Parliament researcher Ooi Heng believes that the motion should technically be at the debate stage now since it was already seconded by Kota Bahru MP Takiyuddin Hassan in November...