Wonder why some MPs have side gigs in government-linked companies (GLCs)? The answer is they have too much time, said former six-term Johor Bahru MP Shahrir Abdul Samad.

One solution to this, he said, is to make them do actual work as the people's representatives and legislators.

"For us to expect the (return of) Parliamentary Services Act (PSA) to be able to turn MPs into useful creatures, is just hoping for something that is...