PARLIAMENT | Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun has rejected a motion to discipline Shabudin Yahaya (PN-Tasek Gelugor) over a budget vote miscount.
The speaker said after evaluating documents presented to him, he found that the miscount did not amount to misleading the Dewan Rakyat.
He said this in a letter to Fahmi Fadzil (Harapan-Lembah Pantai) who had filed the motion to refer Shabudin to Parliament's rights and privileges committee.
Previously Azhar had asked Shabudin to show cause after Fahmi submitted a motion.
On Nov 30, Shabudin had mistakenly marked as supporting a vote from Nazri Abdul Aziz (BN-Padang Rengas) during a bloc vote on Budget 2021 allocations for the Finance Ministry.
The Bersatu lawmaker admitted to the mistake and apologised the next day.
Fahmi said the speaker's decision sent the wrong signal.
"This is a regrettable decision and sends the wrong message in terms of the bloc voting process.
"The Dewan Rakyat should take sterner action," he said on Facebook.
Following Shabudin's bungle, Azhar had assigned MPs as election monitors, to observe their rivals counting votes whenever there was a bloc vote. - Mkini
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