KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 – Chief Executive Officer of Global Movement of Moderates (GMM) Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said opposition shadow cabinet should provide a list of destination before talking about parliamentary reform. He said in addition to parliamentary reform definable hold a question and answer session with members of the prime minister or minister.
“Number one, we need to ensure that the opposition has a perfect shadow cabinet, if you want to be a good executive, there must be opposition shadow cabinet, which is good,” he said. during a forum Qua Vadis Malaysian Parliamentary Reform: Democracy, Autocracy Not organized by the Research Center for Social Advancement (Tambakan ) here today.
In addition to Saifuddin, another panel sits Liew Chin Tong, Seremban MP Anthony Loke and Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli. Previously, Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail announced that it will re-create the Shadow Cabinet for the Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
According to him, the decision was taken to safeguard the interests of the people. He said that each ministry will be represented by elected an MP from each party. In the meantime Saifuddin also said that the criteria of an MP is when given immediately answer questions in Parliament. He said MPs actually have the power to say no and they can answer or stand with just only will give a written answer.
