Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun said Datuk Seri Najib Razak had written to him earlier this week, and that he had agreed to give the Pekan MP until Tuesday next week to appear before the House to explain. – Bernama pic
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 – Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun told the Dewan Rakyat today that he approved Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal for time after calls were made for the former prime minister to explain his remark that the government has yet to service 1MDB’s principal debt.
Azizan said Najib had written to him earlier this week, and that he had agreed to give the Pekan MP until Tuesday next week to appear before the House to explain.
On that basis, the Dewan Rakyat Speaker rejected Petaling Jaya MP Tony Pua’s application to discipline Najib for refusing to appear before members of Parliament and clarify his remark that Putrajaya has not used “a single sen” of public monies to repay 1MDB’s principal debt.
Opposition lawmakers alleged Najib’s assertion was misleading.
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