The special Dewan Rakyat sitting next week would be useless without motions being tabled and debated by MPs, several Umno leaders and representatives said today.

This comes after Parliament earlier yesterday released its order paper for the sitting to begin on Monday, which showed that it would be filled with briefing sessions by ministers.

While other MPs are allowed to ask questions which are to be answered by five ministers, no debate or voting session to pass any motion was scheduled.

Umno secretary-general Ahmad Maslan, when contacted this afternoon, expressed his disappointment with the sitting agenda, saying that the absence of such crucial items in the parliamentary session prevents them from playing the role as a check-and-balance mechanism on the executive.

"A Parliament sitting must have debates. And motions must be passed...