COMMENT | I was a bit irritated when, during the last parliamentary session, the older MPs were asking the younger MPs to sit down and dismissing their questions and comments by saying things like “cucu atok” (grandchild) and “YB baru umur empat tahun, saya dah jadi ahli parlimen di Segambut (You were only four years old when I was already an MP of Segambut).”

Okay, we don’t need to be all sterile here. Let’s just mention the individuals involved. Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman was heckled by Umno MPs, including Jelebu MP Jalaluddin Alias who asked Syed Saddiq to shut up and sit down, and also called him “cucu atok”.

Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa harped on and on about having been an MP and living in Kuala Lumpur before Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh and Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil were even born...