'Emergency' - opposition accuses PM of dodging polls

Published: Oct 23, 2020 9:31 AM | Updated: Oct 23, 2020 1:33 PM

Pakatan Harapan lawmakers have opposed declaring an "emergency" deeming it unnecessary as existing laws were sufficient to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Soon after news of the plan broke, opposition lawmakers came out in force to accuse Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin of using the emergency to suspend the Federal Constitution and avoid a snap election...

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