Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek...berani kerana benar takut kerana SALAH

Only question time is aired live, says Info Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: The live telecast of Dewan Rakyat sitting is only to cover the first 30 minutes of question time, says Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek.

He said the live telecast also does not cover the doa (prayers) nor does it cover any announcement made by the speaker presiding the sitting.

“It starts with the first question listed for question time,” said Ahmad Shabery.

Explaining the reason why Permatang Pauh MP Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s swearing-in ceremony was not telecast live, Ahmad Shabery said there was also no live telecast for the swearing-in ceremony of the 219 MPs after the general election.

The live telecast of the Dewan Rakyat sitting started on April 30 which was the first day of question time while all MPs took their oath on April 28.

Ahmad Shabery also said there was nothing special about one MP swearing in.

“We want to devote the air time to question time,” he told reporters Thursday at the Parliament Lobby.

Ahmad Shabery also said such practice would continue should there be any by-election in the future.

He also said that even if the Barisan Nasional candidate were to win in a by-election, there would not be any live telecast for the swearing-in ceremony.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz who is in charge of Parliament affairs, said: “Our agreement is to telecast only the question time and not other matters.

“It does not matter when the question time starts but we will only show the first 30 minutes of it,” he said.http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/28/nation/20080828125420&sec=nation

dia tak kan mengaku kalah punyer....kan kat permatang pauh bn menang besar...betul tak?