Fifty-five MPs urge govt to make full use of their cumulative experience, call for creation of 13 select committees

KOTA KINABALU: Fifty-five MPs are asking to be given full-time functions in Parliamentary special select committees and make use of their combined experience.

The 55 MPs, comprising backbenchers from both the Opposition and the ruling administration, also called for 13 new select committees to be formed so that all ministries can be effectively scrutinised and each MP to be part of one.