MP SPEAKS | The immediate, humiliating and drastic demotion of Dewan Rakyat Secretary Riduan Rahmat, even without the decency of a 24-hour notice, raises the disturbing question about the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government’s commitment to parliamentary democracy and the fundamental principle of the Malaysian Constitution on the doctrine of separation of powers,

Is this the cabinet’s demonstration of its arrogance of power to express its displeasure that Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s motion of no confidence had been accepted by Parliament, which also resulted in the further truncation of the parliamentary business on May 18 to permit only the delivery of the Royal Address by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong?

Riduan’s last act as secretary of the Dewan Rakyat was to send out a notice dated May 13, 2020, to all Members of Parliament informing them that the business of Parliament on May 18 had been truncated to the delivery of the Royal Address...