Confusion in the House following royal rebuke


Parliament was in lockdown when it was announced that two new Covid-19 cases had been detected and everyone was barred from leaving Parliament grounds pending RTK-Antigen saliva test.

PETALING JAYA: Confusion reigned in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday following several unprecedented abrupt adjournments in the wake of a royal rebuke of the government’s handling of the Emergency Ordinances.

And for several hours, Parliament was in lockdown when it was announced that two new Covid-19 cases had been detected and everyone was barred from leaving Parliament grounds pending RTK-Antigen saliva tests on all of them.

Chaos erupted just before lunch when Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stood up to interrupt debates after a briefing by Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz on the government’s Covid-19 economic packages.The Port Dickson MP drew the House’s attention to a statement issued by the palace, voicing the King’s displeasure over the recent revocation of six Emergency Ordinances announced on Monday.

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