Democracy means constantly questioning the government, says PM

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Democracy is more than just about voting at the ballot box but about publicly questioning and assessing decisions taken by the ruling government at all times, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.  The Prime Minister said this will ensure that elected officials and the government remain publicly accountable to their duties and responsibilities.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3sr5hes4  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The discussion, discussion, criticism and criticism

00:05is followed by the most popular,

00:10speaker-speaker is here,

00:12and when the pressure is still hanging,

00:16the job of speaker is bigger.

00:19And in the parliament system,

00:23in the office,

00:25the job of speaker is almost muted.

00:28It's also a way of wearing.

00:31So, from this day, I was wearing a lot of formal,

00:36but from the outside parliament,

00:39I took a little bit.

00:41Because in the evening,

00:44I was wearing a lot of clothes,

00:46and then I was wearing a lot of clothes.

00:48So, I don't want to draw my clothes in the parliament.

00:54So, my friends,

00:57IPUA ini diasaskan dengan semangat ASEAN,

01:03memenuhi keperluan semasa,

01:05yang menjadikan erti demokrasi itu

01:10dalam maksud memberi ruang

01:16untuk memimbangi pandangan pemerintah

01:19dan juga pandangan pembangkang

01:22atau pandangan-pandangan lain.

01:24Dan kebijaksanaan speaker akan menentukan

01:28apakah perjalanan itu cukup memuaskan.

01:33Demokrasi keperluan itu bermaksud

01:39kita memperkenalkan

01:40untuk berhubungan dan berbicara

01:43dan berbicara.

01:45yang diperlukan dan berbicara

01:47dan berbicara

01:49dan bahkan,

01:50bahkan,

01:51bahkan,

01:53bahkan,

01:54bahkan,

01:55bahkan,

01:57Pemerintah Selanjutnya

01:59melawan pemerintah

02:00dan pemerintah

02:01yang telah memperkenalkan

02:02beberapa agendas tentang ini

02:03.

02:04Dan saya berbicara

02:05dengan penguatan

02:06dan berbicara

02:07the Speaker, or both Speaker of the House, of Parliament and Senate, we have introduced

02:15a very radical shift, what we call the Parliamentary Services Act. An outstanding achievement because

02:26the institution of Parliament has become totally independent of governmental management.

02:39And of course, I commend the Speaker for harassing me to ensure that the Cabinet takes this as

02:51a priority and finally tabling for approval in Parliament. And on the issue of Parliamentary

02:58Services Act, we have found that in MLSI, both the ruling parties and the opposition gave

03:05their full support. Now, following that, we had also established select committees. And

03:16select committees, by nature, has to be represented both by government and the opposition. And

03:23I must say, it was easier in my role for many, many years as opposition leader, easier to perform

03:32in Parliament than to perform as Prime Minister. Because you are held accountable, you have

03:40to undertake, to answer some very difficult questions. And some of the exchanges on very

03:46contentious issues and raised in a very crankous exchanges, which I think is not necessarily

03:55very healthy, but they are something that is beyond us. Our hope is, of course, to allow

04:01for members of Parliament to show and set a good example of Senate or Congress, for that matter,

04:09that we can engage, enter in the recent discourse with some decorum. And this is, of course, a challenge

04:23in most parliaments in Congress. How do you then present a case, or choose to criticize, but

04:32maintain certain order and correct, but maintain certain order and decorum. And I think, therefore,

04:37the rule of speakers beyond rules, but also the spirit of democratic engagement is to ensure

04:46that it is healthy, it promotes a healthy reasoned discourse. That this discourse would maintain, ensure that certain

04:56corrupt is observed. And of course, that's your challenge. It's not necessarily mine.

05:04I've been up with problems in the House, particularly when we introduced in the last few years

05:10Prime Minister's question time. I wasn't sure whether I made the right decision, but I'm

05:16stuck with that on a weekly basis. But I think notwithstanding our personal reflections and

05:23views on this, I must say that it is healthy discourse. It puts the Prime Minister and

05:31the government on guard. And that gives the real meaning and essence to what we call democratic

05:41accountability.

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