{"id":23803,"date":"2021-08-25T15:02:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T07:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=23803"},"modified":"2021-08-25T15:19:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T07:19:22","slug":"ismail-sabri-must-secure-a-confidence-vote-in-parliament-as-decreed-by-the-yang-di-pertuan-agong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/ismail-sabri-must-secure-a-confidence-vote-in-parliament-as-decreed-by-the-yang-di-pertuan-agong\/","title":{"rendered":"Ismail Sabri must secure a confidence vote in Parliament as decreed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Press statement by MP for Ipoh Barat, M. Kula Segaran on 24 August 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23812\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kula-statement-ons-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>Why is Apandi blatantly disregarding the Yang di-Pertuan Agong\u2019s call to test confidence in Parliament?<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p>Former attorney general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali is blatantly disregarding the Agong\u2019s call that the new Prime Minister must secure a vote of confidence in Parliament, after he is sworn in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong decreed that the newly appointed Prime Minister must quickly table a vote of confidence in Parliament to prove his legitimacy of majority support among Dewan Rakyat members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">His Majesty Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri&#8217;ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah said this needs to be done in accordance with Articles 40(2) and 43(2)(a) of the Federal Constitution.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FIstanaNegaraOfficial%2Fposts%2F401966968020506&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"645\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today Apandi has foolishly opposed that thought by saying the constitution does not require such a move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet Apandi forgets that both former Prime Ministers&nbsp;Tun&nbsp;Hussein&nbsp;Onn&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who upon taking the reins from the sitting Prime Minister, tested their support in parliament within 11 days and&nbsp;three days, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/866936B5-CC20-4848-9F72-CCD2B1D451EC-881x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23805\" width=\"600\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/866936B5-CC20-4848-9F72-CCD2B1D451EC-881x1024.jpeg 881w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/866936B5-CC20-4848-9F72-CCD2B1D451EC-258x300.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/866936B5-CC20-4848-9F72-CCD2B1D451EC-768x893.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/866936B5-CC20-4848-9F72-CCD2B1D451EC-465x541.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/866936B5-CC20-4848-9F72-CCD2B1D451EC-960x1116.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/866936B5-CC20-4848-9F72-CCD2B1D451EC.jpeg 1052w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaymail.com\/news\/malaysia\/2021\/08\/24\/report-ag-apandi-says-confidence-vote-in-parliament-not-necessary-to-prove\/2000013\">Malay Mail<\/a> article screenshot on Apandi Ali\u2019s statement. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p>A Prime Minister that is afraid of testing his majority in Parliament, fears to do so because their support is brittle, like that of former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apandi\u2019s argument therefore is shallow and disrespectful of the Agong\u2019s wishes. The Agong after all wants a stable and formidable government to address the nation\u2019s woes, especially since the poor handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic under Muhyiddin\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As there is precedence to the matter in our country and in other countries under the&nbsp;democratic parliamentary system of government&nbsp;(Westminster system), Apandi should retract his poor reasoning and stop trying to protect the already fragile government led by Ismail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press statement by MP for Ipoh Barat, M. Kula Segaran on 24 August 2021: &nbsp; Why is Apandi blatantly disregarding the Yang di-Pertuan Agong\u2019s call to test confidence in Parliament? &nbsp; Former attorney general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali is blatantly disregarding the Agong\u2019s call that the new Prime Minister must secure a vote of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,274],"tags":[2164,2162,120,382,569,2117,1798,74,422,910,471,684,2163,959],"class_list":["post-23803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current","category-national","tag-apandi-ali","tag-confidence-vote","tag-dap","tag-ismail-sabri","tag-m-kula-segaran","tag-majority","tag-mp-for-ipoh-barat","tag-parliament","tag-perikatan-nasional","tag-pm","tag-pn","tag-prime-minister","tag-test-majority","tag-yang-di-pertuan-agong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23803"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23814,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23803\/revisions\/23814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}