'Decision to postpone Parliament must be apolitical, consider science and health'

Any decision made to postpone the Parliament sitting must consider science and public health in apolitical terms, said the Malaysian Health Coalition (MHC).

They are responding to the announcement that the special parliamentary sitting, which was initially supposed to resume in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Aug 2), had been postponed to a yet to be determined date due to a “Covid-19 risk”.

MHC said a functioning parliamentary democracy is an “essential service”, especially during this Covid-19 pandemic, as there must be...