Emergency motions to debate haze crisis rejected

PARLIAMENT Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia has rejected motions from both BN and Pakatan Rakyat parliamentarians to debate the haze crisis urgently in the lower house.

DAP’s Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching (right) and MCA's Ayer Hitam MP Wee Ka Siong both had similar motions rejected by the speaker, who had asked them to raise the issue while debating the Royal Address instead.

“The speaker told me that we shouldn’t debate the haze issue in Malaysia because the problem comes from Indonesia,” Teo said during a press conference outside of the Dewan Rakyat today.

Both the motions were raised under Standing Order 18 (1), which allows for an emergency debate motion if the matter is of urgency and public importance.

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