MPs now given 10-minute grace period for bloc voting

PARLIAMENT | Dewan Rakyat speaker Johari Abdul has decided to improve the bloc-voting process by giving MPs a 10-minute grace period to participate in the vote if they happen to be outside the House when the bell is rung.

He said this was decided at a meeting of the Select Committee today which was attended by Radzi Jidin (Perikatan Nasional-Putrajaya), Azalina Othman Said (BN-Pengerang), Rafizi Ramli (Pakatan Harapan-Pandan), and Takiyuddin Hassan (PN-Kota Bharu).

“We have taken into consideration the...