MPs want Parliamentary committee to scrutinise GEG Bill

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KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and several others want the proposed generational end game (GEG) anti-smoking law to be referred to a Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSSC).

"I have written to the Prime Minister in his capacity as head of the Dewan Rakyat proposing that the Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill 2022 be referred to a Parliamentary Special Select Committee," he said in a Facebook post on Monday .

He said the government needed to be careful with prohibitive laws as it may be challenged as being unconstitutional in the future.

 

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