KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Pakatan Harapan today announced that it will proceed to file a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, even as they acknowledge that it could possibly end up failing.
Opposition leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Aziziah Wan Ismail said she will be filing the motion as soon as possible in a bid to bring the matter to the top of Parliament’s agenda for this meeting.
“We met with the Speaker and it was a good and cordial meeting. I will be inserting the motion (at the) soonest and the media will be informed about it,” she said at a news conference at the Dewan Rakyat lobby here.
The Permatang Pauh MP said she will also ask Petaling Jaya Selatan MP Hee Loy Sian to retract his motion submitted over a week ago, also to seek a vote on whether the prime minister continues to command Parliament’s support.
Hee’s motion is currently listed as the 27th item out of 28 motions listed for debate today, and is unlikely to be tabled before the end of today’s sitting.
When asked if she is prepared to accept the fact the motion may not have its day in the Dewan Rakyat, Dr Wan Azizah said she is keeping her fingers crossed and does not wish to pre-empt the matter.Earlier today Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia said the opposition’s planned motion of no confidence against Najib will not likely be debated in the current parliamentary meeting, citing procedures in the Standing Orders.
Pandikar pointed out that Standing Orders 26 and 27 stipulate that a motion notice must be filed 14 days before a meeting convenes and not while it is in session.
“I want to remind Permatang Pauh, if she wants to go ahead with this motion and if the motion satisfies Standing Orders 26 and 27, even if it is accepted, it will only be at the next meeting and not this meeting,” Pandikar told the House today, referring to Dr Wan Azizah.
However, Seremban MP Anthony Loke pointed out to the Speaker that Marang MP Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang had previously filed his motion on hudud when Parliament was in session.
Pandikar then said he would take note of Loke’s point before inviting the MPs to his chamber to discuss the no confidence motion.
Najib is currently facing pressure over the multi-billion ringgit 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) controversy, which opposition MPs are using to seek the no confidence vote against him in Parliament.
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