Not up to me if Najib can attend Parliament sitting, says Speaker


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak can still attend the Dewan Rakyat sitting, says Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun, while adding that it was not in his power to determine the attendance of the incarcerated lawmaker.

“In relation to the attendance of Pekan, it is not under my power at all. I do not have the power to (determine whether) he is allowed to attend or not,” he said in the Dewan Rakyat Monday (Oct 3).

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