Cabinet collectively responsible for GEG Bill decision, says Azalina


KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet is collectively responsible for the decision to postpone the tabling the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 in Parliament to be passed, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

"All Ministers have the prerogative as members of the cabinet to present their views on any matter including the paper on this bill but ultimately the cabinet is collectively responsible over the decision made," said the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) in a statement on Wednesday (Nov 15).

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