Shabery to propose cancellation of Dewan Rakyat telecast

Star - Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek will propose to the Cabinet Friday the cancellation of the Dewan Rakyat live telecast.

The minister cited the misuse of the telecast by Opposition MPs to play up trivial matters as the reason behind his proposal.

He also apologised to Malaysians for allowing the telecast, saying that it had tarnished the reputation of Parliament as an honourable place.

Ahmad Shabery said he did not want Malaysians to lose their belief and trust in their elected representatives for fear that the future of the country's politics and democracy would be lost for good.

"If the public see their MPs behaving like this, they will lose their belief in them. This is dangerous because they may also lose their belief in the system of government," he told reporters Thursday after giving a motivational speech to Umno grassroots leaders at Kampung Batu 1 here, about 70km from Ipoh. more...

No2umnO - mulanya macam telus.....lepas tu bolos. Cari alasan ...tunjuk sana tunjuk sini, tapi seseorang dah belasah dia kat belakang kerana bertindak kononnya untuk jadi lebih baik dari Zam. Akhirnya, menjadi menteri penerangan yang malap .... sama macam dulu. Tak payah nak berlakun lain kali. Kalau dah parti sama, ideologi sama, sama lah hasilnya.