00:00The government should have ensured that enough MPs were present before calling for a vote on the bill to cap
00:07the Prime Minister's tenure at 10 years, said Subang MP Wang Chen.
00:11The PKR lawmaker criticized the administration for failing to properly track attendance ahead of the crucial vote, which ultimately fell
00:19short of the two-thirds majority required for passage.
00:23Meanwhile, Julao MP Larry Seng, President of Parti Bangsa Malaysia, told FMT that government backbenchers should have coordinated better to
00:33ensure every government MP was present to cast their vote.
00:37Previously, Transparency International Malaysia President Raymond Ram urged Parliament to make public the daily attendance record of all MPs and
00:46to require MPs to provide written reasons for their absence during key votes, which should also be made public.
00:53Wang said it was reasonable to require absent MPs to explain their absence.
00:59Likewise, Seng said he had no objection to making MPs' attendance and voting records public, noting that he had the
01:05best attendance in Parliament and had voted on every constitutional amendment bill except the last one.
01:11However, Opposition MP Wan Ahmad Faizal Wan Ahmad Kamal disagreed, saying there was no need to make MPs' attendance records
01:18public since chief whips already handle attendance issues.
01:23Atosha Bust fmt.
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