KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition MPs staged a walkout in Parliament on Monday (April 3) as a sign of protest after their emergency motion to debate on targeted withdrawals from the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) was rejected.
Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad said he received a response from the Dewan Rakyat Speaker's office that his emergency motion was rejected last Friday as the matter had been explained by both the Finance Minister and his deputy."However, there are still many complaints and grouses from the rakyat and they are still unhappy with the response by the minister and deputy minister.However, Deputy Speaker Alice Lau cited Standing Order 43, saying that the Speaker's decision was final.
However, the MPs returned to the Dewan Rakyat in less than 30 minutes after holding a short press conference. At the press conference, Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan argued that the motion to debate the proposed targeted EPF withdrawals was needed as it was an issue of public interest.“Backbencher leaders said we weren’t asking questions in the Dewan Rakyat. We are raising an important motion here and yet it was rejected," he said.
Takiyuddin also said the Opposition intended to refer Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to the Rights and Privileges Committee for misleading Parliament by announcing a new policy on allowing bank loans based on EPF savings as collateral.“We felt this motion should be accepted by the House and the Finance Minister should be referred to the rights and privileges committee,” said Takiyuddin.
He also said it was important to debate the motion as the current Parliament sitting would end on Tuesday .“We will enter . We came out to protest against the answer by the Deputy Speaker.
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