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The Freedom of Information Bill 2026 will likely not require a constitutional amendment and could be passed by a simple majority in the Dewan Rakyat, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said this was her personal view, while acknowledging that aspects of the Bill were still being reviewed by the Parliamentary Special Select Committee.

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00:30This bill is definitely not perfect and this bill definitely has to be looked into thoroughly.
01:03So that is a very important question of law. Do you need a constitutional amendment or not?
01:14As far as the members of select committee, we are in tandem with this decision that we do not need
01:20a constitutional amendment.
01:25Some, I think I still have my job tomorrow.
01:27So, it's a political joke today, so please don't misquote me.
01:33The point in hand is that as far as we are concerned, from both sides, pembangkang dan kerajaan,
01:38we want this bill to be a bill that is practical and applicable to the people first.
01:45This bill is the people's bill.
01:49Thank you, Yang Berhormat.
01:51And that's why we decided to host the town hall in parliament, which is the house of the people.
01:57We could have taken any hotel, right?
02:00But the message is it must come from here because this belongs to the rakyat.
02:05You should not stop raising your concern.
02:07Because akta ini, kalau kita lihat, di segi premisnya, hanya memerlukan simple majority.
02:15You just need a simple majority for this act to function, to be passed.
02:21Maknanya, you don't need a very complicated procedure as a constitutional amendment.
02:27That is something that we have to understand.
02:29That's why we have to understand that in our actions, in our actions, we have to understand that in our
02:39actions,
02:39in our actions, several NGOs and CSOs, and especially the media council,
02:46have a few expectations that for me, need to hear from us once again.
02:53That's why we have to understand that in our actions, we have to understand that in our actions,
03:16of course, and in our actions that, we must accept that in our actions,
03:19That's why we admit that for our actions, it was often used for non- отмет under our actions,
03:20that we have to be able to educate our actions and thus we continue to encounter that in our actions.
03:22Thank you then.

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