‘Gov’t nod not needed for tabling emergency motions’

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Batu Sapi MP Liew Vui Keong’s emergency motion calling for an eight-day parliamentary sitting does not need government approval to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat, opined Selangor assembly speaker Ng Suee Lim. He said the motion can be tabled so long as his Dewan Rakyat counterpart Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof rules that it meets the three criteria for an emergency motion under Standing Order 18. The three criteria are that the matter be definite, urgent, and of public importance. This is in contrast to Langkawi MP Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, where government matters would take precedence over the motion although it has been accepted for debate. Given that the coming parliamentary sitting is only scheduled for one day, it is likely that there is not enough time to debate the no-confidence motion. “Basically, the speaker has absolute p…