New govt will uphold separation of powers
KUALA LUMPUR: The new government will uphold and respect the doctrine of separation of powers to prevent abuse of power.
In this respect, the De facto Law Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong urged the people to continue supporting the three institutions of the country -- the judiciary, legislative and executive.
“It is important that these three should be separated. Previously, it was under one executive and the people had been complaining,” he said, adding that he wanted to ensure that the government gained the people’s confidence.
Liew, who is also the Minister incharge of the Parliament, said this during his visit to the Parliament in preparation for the sitting on July 16, here.
“The visit is to ensure that everything will go on smoothly as we prepare for the first session and first term of the 14th Parliamentary session.
“We will have the election of speakers followed by the swearing in ceremony of the 222 Members of Parliament starting with the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and the rest of the Cabinet Ministers, government backbenchers which include Warisan and later followed by the opposition, namely the Barisan Nasional as well as the rest such as PAS, STAR and Independents. Also followed by Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) who has indicated its readiness to ‘cooperate and collaborate’ with the Federal Government,” he explained.
The Parliament will be in session from July 16 to August 16 and will be shown on live telecast from 10am to 10.30am followed by live streaming.
“I want the rakyat to see what is happening in the Parliament proceedings including the question and answer-session and debates,” he said.
Towards this end, he also urged the people to visit the Parliament’s website portal and pose their questions as well as concerns regarding the Members of Parliament and national issues.
“The people can address their questions to me directly on the portal. We want to be more open as this is all part of the New Malaysia,” he said.
Meanwhile, Liew also disclosed that the Parliament Secretariat had received a name for the Speaker on July 2 from the PH and this is in compliance with the 14 days’ requirement under Standing Order 4 (1).
“Certain quarters have made unfounded allegations on this 14 days’ requirement with an ulterior motive to mislead the public. There’s no such non-compliance with the legal requirement as alleged,” he said.