Cabinet reprimands MPs for issuing false statements in Parliament, says Fahmi

PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet will contact the Dewan Rakyat Speaker's Office over false statements made by members of Parliament (MPs) during the past two weeks' debate on the Motion of Thanks for the Royal Address in the Dewan Rakyat.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the Cabinet had voiced a firm reprimand against such behaviour at a meeting on Friday (March 8).

"Insya-Allah, the Cabinet will contact the Dewan Rakyat Speaker's Office to make sure (it does not recur) because there seems to be an attitude of issuing a statement first, then apologised,” he said at a press conference after attending the Cabinet meeting.

Fahmi said a series of false statements issued by members of Parliament had confused the Dewan Rakyat before being followed up with apologies.

"There is a contention as to whether there was any remorse. Do they understand that what was said was incorrect, either (MPs) of Tasek Gelugor (Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan), Pengkalan Chepa (Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary) or Marang (Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang)?”

Fahmi added that the ministers would answer the matters raised in the winding-up session, which is scheduled to start on Monday (March 11).

On March 5, Wan Saiful apologised for uttering malicious statements against the Prime Minister in the Dewan Rakyat.

He apologised after the Dewan Rakyat Speaker, Tan Sri Johari Abdul, asked the Perikatan Nasional (PN) MP to explain the statement he made when debating on the Motion of Thanks for the Royal Address on Feb 28. – Bernama