COMMENT | The Malaysian opposition, if they are members of parliament, have the right to pose questions to the prime minister and ministers.

Yet, as can be seen, by the embargo on questions related to 1MDB, they are not granted that right time and again.

Invariably, the parliamentary Hansard will show that the members of parliament from the opposition cannot and were not accorded the privilege of asking questions pertaining to MAS's restructuring too, even the state of wellbeing of Petronas, indeed, Felda or Mara.

Thus, not surprisingly, opposition members are often surprised by Prime Minister Najib's gallant display of generosity abroad, when he is squeezing Malaysian taxpayers through and through with GST and even tourism tax.

In blind defense of Najib, Rahman Dahlan affirmed that the opposition has not kept up with their readings on the respective aviation deals and purchases already agreed by MAS last year, to which the prime minister proceeded to confirm in the US when meeting Trump.

In other words, what's new? All these had been agreed before the trip.

Rahman reasoned that the big-ticket items, in other words, were decisions already made well before the prime minister's arrival.

Three questions arise immediately from this attempt to re-alter the narrative of the US-Malaysia visit, which has been heavily, and widely, criticised not only in Malaysia but globally...