Speaker Art Harun wants to empower parliamentary special select committees


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): In conjunction with the 62nd anniversary of Parliament on Saturday (Sept 11), Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun wants parliamentary special select committees to be empowered as it has a very important role to carry out checks and balances in the administration of the country.

According to Azhar, the bipartisan committee is described as being private and specialised to discuss a certain matter in depth without the involvement of politicking.

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