NSTnation Wong Chen laments abysmal turn-up rate in Dewan Rakyat of 20 per cent on average
Subang MP Wong Chen said his colleagues should voluntarily declare their annual attendance rate, adding that these steps would “cure” absenteeism, or the"tak apa" attitude.“Let the absent MPs explain why they couldn’t be there,” he said yesterday.
He pointed out that the lowest attendance rate at below 15 per cent would be after 3pm on Thursdays, where MPs from faraway constituencies leave to catch their flights to their home base. Opposition chief whip Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri described it as an “unfortunate incident” and that the “trend” began since Monday, the week after the budget was tabled.
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