Cabinet reprimands MPs speaking falsehoods in Parliament

The cabinet will contact the office of the speaker of the Dewan Rakyat over false statements issued by MPs during the debate on the Motion of Thanks for the Royal Address in the Dewan Rakyat for the past two weeks.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the cabinet had voiced a firm reprimand against such behaviour at yesterday’s meeting.

“Insya-Allah, the cabinet will contact the Dewan Rakyat speaker’s office to make sure (it does not recur) because there seems to be an attitude of issuing a statement first, then apologising,” he said at a press conference after attending the cabinet meeting yesterday.

Fahmi said a series of false statements issued by MPs had confused the Dewan Rakyat before being followed up with apologies.

“There is a contention as to whether there was any remorse, do they understand that what was said was incorrect, either (MPs) of Tasek Gelugor (Wan Saiful Wan Jan), Pengkalan Chepa (Ahmad Marzuk Shaary) or Marang (Abdul Hadi Awang),” he said.

Fahmi added that the matters raised will be answered by the ministers in the winding-up session scheduled to start on Monday.

On March 5, Wan Saiful apologised for uttering malicious statements against the prime minister in the Dewan Rakyat.

He apologised after the Dewan Rakyat speaker Johari Abdul asked the Perikatan Nasional MP to explain the statement he made when debating on the Motion of Thanks for the Royal Address on Feb 28.

- Bernama

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