KSI Calls for Setting Up of All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on National Recovery News Clippings
Published on 06 Jul 2021
07 Jul 2021, New Straits Times
'Form All-Party Parliamentary Group to save lives, livelihoods'
The Parliament should form a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on National Recovery when the Dewan Rakyat reconvenes to ensure a bipartisan approach to saving lives and livelihoods during the Covid-19 endemic. [KSI] president Tan Sri Michael Yeoh said this might be akin to the successful APPG on the sustainable development goals (SDG), which includes members from both the government and opposition parties. In the forthcoming special session of Parliament, Yeoh said the institute hopes that members of parliament (MPs) will focus on the 3Rs - Recovery, Reconciliation, and Rebuilding.
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06 Jul 2021, New Straits Times
Focus on sustained recovery, peace and unity
We welcome the Parliament session from July 26 to Aug 2 and thank His Majesty, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, for calling for Parliament to meet and the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for fixing the dates for this special session. We believe this special session of Parliament will be essential to ensure good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability. We call on MPs on both sides of the House to prioritise the people and the nation and to put aside political divide and rivalry to ensure we can all combine efforts and resources to win the war against the invisible enemy we are fighting – the coronavirus.
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07 Jul 2021, The Sun
Both sides of political divide must work together, says KSI
A research institute has mooted the idea of setting up an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on National Recovery to ensure a bipartisan approach to save lives and livelihood during the Covid-19 pandemic when the Dewan Rakyat sits. It can be similar to the successful APPG on the Sustainable Development Goals which has members from the government and opposition parties working together, [KSI] said today.
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06 Jul 2021, China Press
杨元庆、李金友：国会应设跨政党国会小组
皇岦策略研究院主席丹斯里杨元庆与顾问丹斯里李金友指出，国会需设立新的跨政党国会小组（APPGM），结合朝野政党力量应对疫情冲击，以达到保护生命和生计的效果. 他们今日发布联署文告，回应政府将于本月26日至下月2日召开国会会议一事时说，朝野议员需放下政治成见，以民为先，携手对抗国内疫情，而不是成为本身政党代表而已.