3 cheers to Carbon Copy – he discovered an MP with 3 APs
Three cheers to Carbon Copy. He discovered an MP in the controversial list released last Tuesday who had been given 3 APs – when a MP is only entitled to one AP each. This MP with triple APs is Senator Dato’ Muhammad Abdul Ghani, whose name appeared three times in the Rafidah list from 2000 to September 2005:
No. 78 - Senator Dato’ Muhammad Abdul Ghani (2001)
No.106 – Senator Dato’ Hj Muhammad Hj. Abdul Ghani (2001)
No. 242 – Senator Dato’ Hj Muhammad Abd. Ghani (2004)
I received an email from Carbon Copy when I was inside the Parliament chamber at 5.31 p.m. The Parliament session was still in session as the meeting was extended to 7 p.m – the first time there is an extension since the start of the parliamentary meeting the previous Monday.
I had the opportunity to raise Carbon Copy’s discovery in the House within 30 minutes of receipt of email, informing the House that a Malaysian blogger had found three APs given to Senator Dato Mohammad Abdul Ghani, giving the relevant particulars. I asked the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Nazri Aziz, to raise Carbon Copy’s discovery of three APs for one MP in the Cabinet tomorrow.
About 15 minutes earlier, I was involved in an exchange with Nazri who was winding up debate for the PM’s Department during the committee stage debate for the 2005 Supplementary Estimates.
I had asked Nazri whether the Cabinet tomorrow would continue to discuss the case of the Minister for International Trade and Industry, Rafidah Aziz, with regard to MPs’ grievances against her for dereliction of parliamentary duties and her attempt to arm-twist and silence Barisan Nasional MPs over the APs scandal as the Minister would have again gone overseas.
Nazri gave the assurance that the Cabinet agenda on Rafidah’s case tomorrow would not be aborted as the Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak had announced last week that MPs’ grievances against Rafidah would be discussed by the Cabinet, although the rules of natural justice would require that she be heard also.
This is the second time Carbon Copy had impacted directly on parliamentary proceedings. The first time was last Thursday when he discovered that six MPs on the list had two APs, and I raised it in Parliament the same day.
A surprised Parliament is beginning to learn the meaning of the era of IT, where information travels at the speed of light – reaching into the inner sanctum of Parliament even when it is in session.
No. 78 - Senator Dato’ Muhammad Abdul Ghani (2001)
No.106 – Senator Dato’ Hj Muhammad Hj. Abdul Ghani (2001)
No. 242 – Senator Dato’ Hj Muhammad Abd. Ghani (2004)
I received an email from Carbon Copy when I was inside the Parliament chamber at 5.31 p.m. The Parliament session was still in session as the meeting was extended to 7 p.m – the first time there is an extension since the start of the parliamentary meeting the previous Monday.
I had the opportunity to raise Carbon Copy’s discovery in the House within 30 minutes of receipt of email, informing the House that a Malaysian blogger had found three APs given to Senator Dato Mohammad Abdul Ghani, giving the relevant particulars. I asked the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Nazri Aziz, to raise Carbon Copy’s discovery of three APs for one MP in the Cabinet tomorrow.
About 15 minutes earlier, I was involved in an exchange with Nazri who was winding up debate for the PM’s Department during the committee stage debate for the 2005 Supplementary Estimates.
I had asked Nazri whether the Cabinet tomorrow would continue to discuss the case of the Minister for International Trade and Industry, Rafidah Aziz, with regard to MPs’ grievances against her for dereliction of parliamentary duties and her attempt to arm-twist and silence Barisan Nasional MPs over the APs scandal as the Minister would have again gone overseas.
Nazri gave the assurance that the Cabinet agenda on Rafidah’s case tomorrow would not be aborted as the Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak had announced last week that MPs’ grievances against Rafidah would be discussed by the Cabinet, although the rules of natural justice would require that she be heard also.
This is the second time Carbon Copy had impacted directly on parliamentary proceedings. The first time was last Thursday when he discovered that six MPs on the list had two APs, and I raised it in Parliament the same day.
A surprised Parliament is beginning to learn the meaning of the era of IT, where information travels at the speed of light – reaching into the inner sanctum of Parliament even when it is in session.
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