CNA also looks at next steps in the court process, as well as what could lie ahead for the opposition Workers' Party.
CNA also looks at next steps in the court process, as well as what could lie ahead for the opposition Workers' Party.
He's also accused of lying on both Dec 10 and Dec 15, 2021, about what he said to Ms Khan on Oct 3 that year. "It is designed to protect the integrity of parliamentary proceedings and to maintain public trust in the institution."What is parliamentary privilege and what happens when it is breached? And according to the associate professor,"there is no basis to read the Constitution as indicating that you can add the different fines together".
Then-Leader of the House E.W. Barker had pointed out in parliament that under the law at the time, an MP would be disqualified for being jailed at least a year or fined at least S$2,000.
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