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Oct 20, 2020 · KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — The Dewan Rakyat sitting will take place for 27 days from November 2 to December 15 with the issue of the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin being hotly debated.
Oct 21, 2020 · KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — As the scheduled sitting of the Dewan Rakyat for 27 days from Nov 2 to Dec 15 gets closer, the issue of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is much talked about.
THE premise that Parliament has to be called for a vote of no–confidence against the prime minister (PM) to be passed is too simplistic, said advocate and solicitor Tommy Thomas.
A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion of confidence and corresponding vote of confidence) is a formal expression by a deliberative body (often a legislature) as to whether an officeholder (typically an executive) is deemed fit to continue to occupy their office.
Aug 5, 2020 · THE Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) has accepted a motion by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, MP for Langkawi, that the present prime minister (PM), Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, does not command the confidence of the majority of the Dewan.
Jan 16, 2024 · A vote of no confidence is part and parcel of our Malaysian democratic process. A motion or vote of no confidence is a defining feature of parliamentary democracy, which allows the elected MPs to either affirm their support or put a stop to any rot of the government or office bearers.
The Federal Court in the Nizar Jamaluddin case overruled the earlier Privy Council decision in Stephen Kalong Ningkan v Tun Abang Haji Openg dan Tawi Sli which had ruled that once a Chief Minister was appointed, only the Assembly had the power to dismiss him on a vote of no-confidence.4 .
