Netizens chide senior MPs for heckling Syed Saddiq in Parliament
The youth have taken to social media to vent their frustrations on the hecklings by senior lawmakers against Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman in Parliament yesterday.
Twitter user Aaron Denison said that the Perikatan Nasional MPs should respect the opinions of young people and stop undermining them.
The youth have taken to social media to vent their frustrations on the hecklings received by Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman from senior lawmakers in Parliament yesterday.
Netizen Aaron Denison said that Perikatan Nasional (PN) parliamentarians should respect the opinions of young people and stop undermining them.
"PN MPs should stop belittling and respect the view of young people.
"Syed Saddiq (above) as a representative of the youth in Parliament should be given the respect he deserves as the voice of the youth and as the former minister of youth and sports," he tweeted.
Another Twitter user @Adorabowl commented that the way certain lawmakers mocked Syed Saddiq showed that they were insecure of his ability.
"Syed Saddiq is an educated and intelligent young man capable of leading.
"The way they mock him... showed that they're insecure of his ability.
"Being elected as a politician in old age doesn't mean you have the right to be unprofessional towards the young ones," she said.
The former youth and sports minister is among the youngest lawmaker in Parliament, at the age of 27. P Prabakaran (Batu) is younger at 24.
Several MPs including Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (below) (Baling), Jalaluddin Alias (Jelebu), and Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (Padang Rengas) had seemingly heckled and interrupted Syed Saddiq while he was debating a motion on the removal of the Parliament speaker on the first day of sitting yesterday.
The Jelebu MP's Twitter page also received criticism on his conduct in the Dewan Rakyat with one user @domesticgod8 saying that Jalaluddin's behaviour was embarrassing.
"When another MP is presenting facts and it is his moment to discuss issues important to the rakyat, don't be rude and heckle the MP.
"What a total embarrassment of a government officer to behave like an uneducated person in Parliament," the tweet read.
Other netizens urged the lawmakers to show respect in order to earn some and called their behaviour "childish".
Meanwhile, Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan tweeted that he hoped the parliamentary session today will be more constructive and friendly to the youth.
"Hopefully there's no insulting statement and heckling against youth elected as the people's representative.
"You don't lose anything by being polite and respecting other people," he added.
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