THE parliamentary session for today will be extended until 8.30pm to complete the debate on the motion of the royal address.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said announced the time extension during the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

“Today’s session will not be adjourned until 8.30 tonight,” she said.

Time extensions are not out of the norm, but they are rarely called in the first week of the opening of parliamentary sessions.

The extension is believed to allow for the completion of the debate on the motion of the royal address, so as to give lawmakers more time to debate on other motions including the delineation exercise, which is expected to be brought up in this session. – March 7, 2018.

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