Dry run in the Dewan Rakyat.
A procedural dry run for a no-confidence vote in the government failed in the Malaysian House of Representatives yesterday. Expect more of this as the summer goes on, and as the opposition’s self-imposed September deadline for taking power approaches. As is common in parliamentary systems, the trigger for the government’s fall — if it happens — will be something comparatively minor like this supply bill. The ruling coalition’s survival may well hinge upon superiority in parliamentary procedural mastery.
