00:00 A government backbencher and a political scientist have called for changes to be made
00:06 so that the Taiwan Rakyat can sit more frequently in the future.
00:11 Currently, the number of days that the lower house is convened is left to the discretion
00:16 of the Prime Minister.
00:18 Subang MP Wang Chen said increasing the number of sitting days will make the government more
00:23 accountable.
00:24 Ideally, he said the house should sit for 80 days this year, with the number increased
00:30 over the next two years to reach 100 days annually.
00:34 Meanwhile, Wang Qin Huat of Sunway University pointed out that the UK and Canadian parliaments
00:41 sit for 120 and 135 days a year, respectively.
00:47 He said this makes being an MP in those countries a full-time job compared to MPs in Malaysia,
00:53 who spend only a fraction of time in the house.
00:56 Their comments came after FMT reported that Parliament is scheduled to meet for 69 days
01:02 this year, with the first sitting set to take place from February 26 until March 27.
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