KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s Parliament speaker announced some adjustments in the Order of Business for the Third Meeting of the Third Session of the 14th Parliament to ensure smooth running of the Dewan Rakyat )Parliament) sitting amid COVID-19.
Among the adjustments is that the daily sitting time will only be from 10 am to 2 pm with the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) allowed in the hall is limited to only 80 at any one time.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun said the decision was reached at the Dewan Rakyat Order of Business Coordination Meeting Following Spread of COVID-19 yesterday, which was also attended by 10 party chief whips.
Azhar said by taking into consideration the advice from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Security Council (MKN), the meeting agreed with the change of the sitting time which will take effect from next Monday to Dec 15.
“The Dewan Rakyat will sit only from 10 am to 2 pm. The Question Time on Mondays and Wednesdays will be held for an hour from 10 am to 11 am.
“On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Question Time will be held for 55 minutes from 10.05 am to 11 am. Only one supplementary question will be allowed and it must be as simple as possible,” he announced at the sitting today.
