Najib arrives at Dewan Rakyat, sits at the back of opposition bloc

Yasmin Ramlan Yasmin Ramlan Updated 5 years ago · Published on 16 Jul 2018 11:39AM · 4 Comments

The former Umno president is seated at the front row of the opposition bloc, but he headed for the back row as the session today began with a ruckus by Barisan Nasional lawmakers protesting the nomination of the new speaker, Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, a former Court of Appeal judge. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, July 16, 2018.

FORMER prime minister Najib Razak arrived at Parliament today for its first session following the historic GE14, which now sees Barisan Nasional sitting on the opposition bench.

Dressed in a black baju Melayu, the Pekan MP arrived at the Dewan Rakyat lobby at 9.40am together with other Umno leaders such Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin and Jeli MP Mustafa Mohamed.

Other MPs who arrived after Najib include Umno president and Bagan Datuk MP Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin.

The former Umno president is seated at the front row of the opposition bloc, but he headed for the back row as the session today began with a ruckus by Barisan Nasional lawmakers protesting the nomination of the new speaker, Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, a former Court of Appeal judge.

By convention, the first seat in the government bloc is taken by the prime minister as the head of the government.

The rest of the cabinet members will take up other seats with those holding key portfolios such as home, finance, economic affairs, and defence seated at the front row.

In the opposition bloc, seating is allocated according to the party with the largest number of MPs, followed by the smaller parties.

Following the May 9 elections and ensuing defections, the government under Pakatan Harapan has 116 lawmakers and its Sabah ally, Warisan, 8 MPs. BN has 54, Gabungan Parti Sarawak 19, and PAS 18. The remaining are smaller Sabah parties and independents. – July 16, 2018.

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  • Right now he still has a seat in the back but soon he will be stting in the cell soon with the standard uniform of "LOKUP" and that also is still lucky as by right in other countries no time are wasted as capital punishment will be rightfully due.

    Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

    • In China, capital punishment by shooting or life imprisonment to those who practise corruption...

      Posted 5 years ago by Sweesing lee · Reply

    • Yes we all know that. I am told after Judge decides, they guilty person get shot in the head behind the court house. Do you want this communist style of justice here in Malaysia?

      Posted 5 years ago by Zaki Razak · Reply

    • See less corruption when harsh penalty is in place .

      Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply