IPOH: The tabling of the state budget for 2023 and the Anti-Party Hopping Bill will be among the highlights of the Perak state legislative assembly sitting which begins on Monday.
Speaker Zahir Abdul Khalid said the state budget is scheduled to be tabled on Thursday while the tabling of the Anti-Party Hopping Bill by menteri besar Saarani Mohamad will take place the following week.
He said six assemblymen are expected to take part in the debate session on the bill.
“The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah and the Raja Permaisuri of Perak, Tuanku Zara Salim have agreed to attend the opening ceremony of the second meeting of the first session of the 15th Perak state legislative assembly on Tuesday.
“Sultan Nazrin will also deliver his royal address in conjunction with the opening of the assembly. The following day, state assemblymen will debate on the motion of thanks for the royal address,” he told a press conference at the Perak Darul Ridzuan building, here.
Zahir said the state assembly sitting on Monday will also see 58 assemblymen taking their oath of office.
However, he said Kepayang assemblyman Nga Kor Ming, who is also Teluk Intan MP and local government development minister, will be sworn in on Tuesday as he has to attend a Parliament session on Monday.
According to Zahir, Semanggol assemblyman Razman Zakaria, who is also Perak PAS commissioner, has been named by Perikatan Nasional (PN) to be the opposition leader in the state assembly.
He said the state assembly sitting will also be conducted without the need to observe any physical distancing as was the case previously in order to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, state assembly secretary Nazri Abdullah said he had received one nomination each for the speaker and deputy speaker’s posts.
According to him, Zahir has been nominated as a candidate for the state assembly speaker’s post while Canning assemblyman Jenny Choy has been nominated for the deputy speaker’s post.
The Perak state assembly sitting will take place from Dec 19-29. - FMT
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