MPs must vote down all government motions, says DAP lawmaker

DAP lawmaker Steven Sim says all parliamentarians must vote down every government motion in the Dewan Rakyat, should it refuse to move up a motion of no-confidence on the prime minister. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, October 19, 2015.

DAP lawmaker Steven Sim has called on all parliamentarians to vote down every government motion in the Dewan Rakyat, should it refuse to move up PKR MP Hee Loy Sian's motion of no-confidence on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

This would signal that they have no confidence in Najib's administration, said Sim, the Bukit Mertajam MP.

"If the government does not allow Petaling Jaya Selatan MP’s motion to be moved up, I call on all conscientious members of Parliament from both sides of the aisle to vote down every single government’s motion to demonstrate our no-confidence in Najib Razak’s administration," said Sim in a statement today.

The motion, proposed by Hee, was listed as the 25th item in the Parliament's order paper, and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman has said that government matters will be given priority over private members' motions during the seven week meeting which begins today.

- TMI