Ismail Sabri will be guilty of parliamentary contempt in allowing Parliament to debate bills which will not become law with the dissolution of Parliament

I received a message today which read:

“Latest source: 6th October parliament dissolved; 5th November GE.”

Yesterday, a PKR MP asked me in Parliament whether Parliament will be dissolved.

The Parliament Speaker, Azhar Azizan Harun, is right that that he should not interfere with the decision of the Prime Minister, Ismail Sabri, on the dissolution of Parliament and to ask for the consent of the Yang di Pertuan Agong for the dissolution of Parliament, but a responsible Prime Minister should not be guilty of parliamentary contempt in allowing Parliament to debate and pass bills which will not become law because of the dissolution of Parliament.

Yesterday, for instance, five bills were passed, but they will lapse when Parliament is dissolved before they are passed by the Dewan Negara, given the Royal Assent and gazetted.

A responsible Prime Minister should not deliberately commit parliamentary contempt by making the Dewan Rakyat to have debates and pass bills which are not going to become law because of the dissolution of Parliament.

The Speaker should lead a delegation of heads of political parties represented in Parliament to ensure that the Prime Minister is not guilty of such parliamentary contempt.