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MP SPEAKS | Just before the Supply (Budget) Bill 2021 was passed for second reading, I wrote about the trust convention and as anticipated, the trust debacle has not faded but is continuing, if not intensify.
So far, a power loss event has not yet occurred. Twenty-six ministries have seen their budgets passed and only one more ministry remains before the third reading of the bill is put to the vote today.
In this context, there are 25 motions of no confidence and two motions of confidence (motions of members) presented by parliamentarians of the government and the opposition; all of which have not seen the light of day even though the motions are regular according to Dewan Rakyat’s standing order.
Since the list of motions appearing in the ‘Aturan Urusan Mesyuarat’ (Rule of Meeting Matters) will be invariably long, the motions of ordinary members will not find time to move, especially as standing orders and convention dictate that business government take priority.
Unsurprisingly, the government appears unfazed by the number of no-confidence motions filed against the prime minister. After all, the government’s string of budget vote-by-ministry victories suggests that the prime minister and his cabinet enjoy the confidence of the majority …
