PETALING JAYA:
Law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said has dismissed a PAS leader’s allegation that the Cabinet had “overreached” in its move to refer Kota Bharu MP Takiyuddin Hassan to the parliamentary rights and privileges committee, insisting that it had acted according to the rules.
PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari had criticised the Cabinet’s decision to refer Takiyuddin to the committee over his remarks linking a maritime enforcement operation to the Memali incident.
Azalina said the Cabinet meeting on Friday only decided on the revision to a motion tabled in the Dewan Rakyat to allow Takiyuddin to be formally referred to the committee.
“There was no interference by the executive (branch of the government)…