MP SPEAKS | We have been seeing the shrinking of the democratic space in the country over the last few weeks.

A journalist has been called for questioning over her story about mass raids targeting migrants, an actor was nabbed for allegedly insulting the Johor crown prince, there were double standards against those who violated the movement control order and former prime minister Najib Razak’s stepson has been granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal over money laundering charges.

If all this is not enough, we now have a one-day Parliament, limited to a royal address.

But the question is whether the King’s speech...