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KUALA LUMPUR: A proposal to reactivate the Fake News Act, which was repealed by the previous government, is expected to be debated today in Parliament.
Based on the Order Document for today’s Dewan Rakyat session, the matter will be raised by Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (BN-Arau) through a question to the Minister of Communications and Multimedia during the Q&A session.
Shahidan also wanted to know the ministry’s mechanism to curb the spread of fake news, especially about the Covid-19 pandemic.
There will also be a question from Dr. Maszlee Malik (Independent-Simpang Renggam) to the Minister of Higher Education on the current status of the streamlining of Education offices in Malaysia abroad and from Gobind Singh Deo (PH-Puchong), who will ask to the Minister of Education on the effectiveness of online learning carried out during the Covid-19 outbreak.
This will be followed by the presentation of the Finance Bill 2020 by the Minister of Finance for the first reading, and then the chamber will continue the debate on the Supply Bill 2021, which refers to the Budget 2021, for the fifth day .
This week’s session of Parliament lasts just four hours, from 10 a.m. M. At 2 p. M. Every day from Monday to Thursday, and only 80 members of Parliament, 41 of the government and 39 of the opposition and independents, can be in the Chamber. anytime.
It is a precautionary measure following the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.
According to Parliament’s calendar, the third session of the Third Term of the XIV Parliament is 27 days until December 15.Called
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