By Yasmin Ahmad Zukiman<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah is scheduled to officiate the opening of the First Meeting of the Fourth Session of the 14th Parliament on Monday, the first under the government led by\u00a0Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
\nThe meeting\u00a0to be held two days after the 62nd anniversary of Parliament is set to focus on\u00a0issues relating to the\u00a0country’s recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the aid packages to provide relief to the people.
\nThe meeting which will last for 17days until Oct 12, following the subside of the political temperature with the formation of a new government under Ismail Sabri, will also see the election of a new Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker to replace Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said who had resigned.
\nSo far, two names have been mentioned as nominees,\u00a0namely Pontian MP\u00a0Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan, who is the candidate\u00a0from the government bloc\u00a0and Teluk Intan MP Nga Kor Ming who is Pakatan Harapan\u2019s (PH) candidate.
\nIf there are two nominees, the assembly session will on Tuesday, a day after its opening,\u00a0see\u00a0 220 MPs voting\u00a0to elect the deputy speaker.
\nDewan Rakyat deputy speaker\u00a0Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon has confirmed that the process of selecting the new deputy speaker has been included in the Order Paper on Tuesday.
\n“If more than one candidate is nominated the matter would be put to a vote.
\n“So far, we have received the names as lawmakers have been given 14 days to submit their candidates\u2019 names before the voting date,” he told Bernama.
\nIn addition, the focus is also on the possibility of a motion related to the legitimacy of the Prime Minister being brought at this session.
\nHowever, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar had earlier said that there was no need to cast a vote on a motion of confidence on\u00a0the Prime Minister at the Dewan Rakyat sitting to determine the validity of his appointment.
\nAccording to Wan Junaidi, as the provisions of the Federal Constitution stipulate that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has the discretionary power to appoint the prime minister, as such,\u00a0the appointment of Ismail Sabri is in accordance with the law.
\nAccording to the Parliamentary sitting calendar\u00a0uploaded on the official website of the Parliament of Malaysia, apart from the motion of thanks for the Royal Address,\u00a0also on the list is the tabling\u00a0of the 12th Malaysia Plan (RMK12) for the period 2021-2025 by the government, scheduled on Sept 27.
\nMembers of the Dewan Rakyat will take part in the motion of thanks and debate on the Royal Address for four days starting\u00a0 on Sept 14, followed by the reply session\u00a0by the relevant ministers on Sept 22 and 23, according to the calendar.
\nThe 12MP debate session will begin on Sept 28 until Oct 4, before the reply session by the relevant ministers.
\nThe\u00a0last two days of the sitting\u00a0on Oct\u00a011 and 12\u00a0 will\u00a0be on Bills and other government matters.
\nMeanwhile, the Dewan Negara sitting which will be officiated simultaneously with the Dewan Rakyat sitting\u00a0will take place from Oct 4 to 26.
\nTo minimise the\u00a0risk of COVID-19 infection in Parliament, Dewan Rakyat speaker\u00a0 Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun had earlier said that\u00a0various initiatives were conducted,\u00a0including the installation of ultra violet air filters at the main hall of Parliament as well as using nano technology in offices to kill bacteria and virus.
\nHe said this puts the level of ventilation in Parliament on par with that of a hospital.
\n— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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