KUALA LUMPUR: Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia chose to defer the debates on the Private Member’s Bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355) because he did not want “to continue listening to illogical debates”.
He pointed out that unlike Government Bills, he had the discretion whether or not to continue with debates for a Private Member’s Bill.
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