Azalina rejects call for special parliamentary session

Published: Jan 19, 2021 5:59 AM | Updated: Jan 19, 2021 8:34 AM

Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Azalina Othman Said has rejected a request from Pontian MP Ahmad Maslan for her agreement that a special parliamentary session be held regarding the emergency proclamation.

She said this in a letter to the Umno secretary-general today, copied to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and BN MPs.

"It must be stressed the recently gazetted emergency ordinance stated that Parliament can only be convened...

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