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[UPDATED] Opposition MPs’ Dewan absence sees most questions for ministers skipped

Seeing that most of the opposition MPs are absent from today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting, most of the queries for ministers during question time have been skipped.

‘Minister or deputy must standby to come to Parliament to answer portfolio-related Q&A’

The government has been urged to end the “sudden” practice of getting a deputy minister from another portfolio to answer a question from an MP during the ministerial Q&A session. 

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