Written By : Sandru
PETALING JAYA: There is no motion of confidence on the agenda for next week’s Dewan Rakyat sitting, says Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil, although the King had previously said the new prime minister must test his majority in Parliament.
In a Twitter post, Fahmi said he had just received the parliamentary order paper for the sitting, which begins on Monday.
Jempol MP Mohd Salim Mohd Sharif will be asking the first question during the ministers’ question time, followed by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Among the motions on the agenda are appointing a new deputy speaker and the debate on the King’s speech after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has opened the sitting.
“No motion of confidence in the ninth prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob,” the PKR communications director pointed out.
While Ismail has not explicitly said whether or not he would test his majority support in the lower house, Attorney-General Idrus Harun said on Saturday there was no need for the prime minister to table a confidence vote.
Idrus said if Ismail’s legitimacy still needed to be tested by any party apart from the King, it would mean the absolute power of the King could be overridden.
The King had summoned 114 MPs backing Ismail as the prime minister on Aug 19, and two days later, Ismail was sworn in.
But two days before summoning the MPs, the King had issued a reminder that the appointed prime minister has to undergo a confidence vote in the Dewan Rakyat when it sits this month.
