No-confidence motion? Speaker says wait until tomorrow
"Wait for tomorrow, thank you," he said briefly when contacted today.
According to tomorrow's Order Paper published on the Parliament's website, no such motion has been submitted by any members of parliament, particularly from the opposition bloc.
The Dewan Rakyat sitting, which starts tomorrow and runs until Aug 28, is expected to continue into the evenings, with the main focus on the tabling of the 13th Malaysia Plan.
The call for the opposition to table a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister was made yesterday by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the Finance Minister.
This was in response to efforts by the opposition to organise a rally scheduled for this Saturday, demanding his resignation.
For the record, a confidence motion in support of the Prime Minister was previously tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on Dec 19, 2022, after Anwar was appointed to lead the government following the 15th General Election (GE15).
At the time, the motion was passed via a voice vote after it was tabled by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof and seconded by his counterpart Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, before being debated by 12 MPs from both the government and opposition blocs.
Meanwhile, acting Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad previously said police expect between 10,000 and 15,000 people to participate in the Himpunan Turun Anwar rally scheduled for July 26.
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