Speaker rejects Sulu debate again, does not want enemies to know govt strategies
- 2 years ago
Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun has again rejected calls for the Lower House to debate claims over Petronas assets by the purported heirs of the Sulu sultanate.
In expanding his sub judice ruling, Azhar said debating the matter could reveal the government's legal strategies to the enemy.
"Do we want as we are debating this, I don't know what will be said, the government's strategy revealed, and there are criticisms of it.
"Then the other side can learn (our strategy). Would that not hurt the government's interest in its litigation proceedings? Do we want to show our strategy to the world?
"The first rule of litigation is the element of surprise, the first rule of war is the same," he said in the Dewan Rakyat today.
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In expanding his sub judice ruling, Azhar said debating the matter could reveal the government's legal strategies to the enemy.
"Do we want as we are debating this, I don't know what will be said, the government's strategy revealed, and there are criticisms of it.
"Then the other side can learn (our strategy). Would that not hurt the government's interest in its litigation proceedings? Do we want to show our strategy to the world?
"The first rule of litigation is the element of surprise, the first rule of war is the same," he said in the Dewan Rakyat today.
More: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/628944