PETALING JAYA: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun says government business takes precedence over private members’ bills in the August House after Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh urged him to allow a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Azhar said such a motion was not unique to the system practised in the country.
He added that any motion brought before him or the Dewan Rakyat secretary must be made in accordance with the Standing Orders and existing laws.
“In fact, the system practised in Australia is almost similar to our practice where a motion of no-confidence vote will not be expedited without debate by a minister, ” he said in a statement on Wednesday (Oct 14).
In a letter dated Sep 25 that was released to the public, Tengku Razaleigh had urged Azhar to allow a motion of no-confidence against the Prime Minister to be debated in the Dewan Rakyat.
In his reply, Azhar had said Rule 15 of Parliament’s Standing Orders states that government business was to be prioritised above all other matters.
In his letter to Azhar, Tengku Razaleigh referred to former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir’s no-confidence motion against Muhyiddin.
Dr Mahathir, in a letter dated May 4, proposed to move a motion under the Dewan Rakyat's Standing Order 26(1), read together with Standing Order 27(3), to put forward a resolution to decide that Muhyiddin did not enjoy the support of the majority of MPs in the Dewan Rakyat.
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