In an adjournment motion, he said opposition MPs are handicapped by the lack of resources. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – The current rules of Parliament give MPs enough opportunity to hold the Government to account, raise queries and debate matters, and do not need to be changed, said Leader of the House Indranee Rajah on Monday.
As a result, the alternative policies of the opposition “will not have the same breadth and depth as the Government’s”, he added. She also noted that many ruling party MPs, too, do not have public policy or legal backgrounds but have not had any problems doing their parliamentary work. “At the end of the day, the key to better debate in Parliament lies in understanding the main issues at hand, acknowledging our fundamental realities and constraints, and taking not just the easy decisions but also the hard ones,” she said.
But Ms Indranee said the system is designed such that MPs can engage in debates with ministers even weeks, months and years after their speeches are delivered through a wide array of mechanisms ranging from supplementary questions to motions.
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