MP SPEAKS | It was 'kakistocracy' in Malaysia at its worst – with three examples yesterday, especially assigning observers to tellers during parliamentary division voting which is a declaration that Members of Parliament in Malaysia cannot be trusted to carry out simple tasks.

This assigning must be the first of its kind in Commonwealth Parliaments but it sends out the wrong messages, firstly, that MPs cannot be depended upon to carry out simple tasks; and secondly, which is more serious, that MPs cannot be trusted at all.

This assigning was solely to avoid referring the Umno MP for Tasek Glugor, Shabudin Yahaya to the Committee of Privileges for reckless, negligent, and irresponsible violation of the Dewan Rakyat standing orders when carrying out his duties as a teller in the division voting on Monday during the Committee Stage debate on Budget 2021...