Kit Siang: Unless there's convincing majority, ceasefire needed for Covid-19 war

DAP's Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang today called for a political ceasefire ahead of anticipated jostling for a parliamentary majority.

After the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government narrowly survived a budget test in the Dewan Rakyat in December last year, it staved off further challenges to its majority through a state of emergency, purportedly to combat Covid-19, which also suspended Parliament.

But the PN government's fate is back under the spotlight as the emergency is set to expire in August and a group of Umno faction has also been rebelling...