PKR rep: Select committees need upright members or will be rubber stamps

Published: Jun 10, 2019 5:06 AM | Updated: Jun 10, 2019 6:54 AM

Members of parliamentary select committees should be selected based on their outspokenness, maturity, integrity and past experience, according to PKR lawmaker Edmund Santhara Kumar.

The Segamat MP said this would ensure that select committees do not become rubber stamps for the powers that be...

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