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Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Anwar: Go and table a no-confidence motion if you actually have the backing, Speaker won't stop you in Parliament
PUTRAJAYA, July 21 — The government will not obstruct any vote of confidence from being tabled in Parliament, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim reportedly said today. New Straits Times quoted him saying he had instructed Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul to allow such a motion to proceed if submitted. 'If there is a motion today, the very first day of Parliament, I will wait for the vote of no confidence. If they have the majority, go ahead. That is our system,' he reportedly said during the Prime Minister's Department monthly assembly. He added that any move to unseat the government through unconstitutional means would be unlawful and risk destabilising the country. Malay Mail understands that so far there is no plan from the Opposition to table a no-confidence motion, despite a meeting to galvanise the disparate parties chaired by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday. Johari said over the weekend that the current sitting will be focusing on the 13th Malaysia Plan instead. Today's remark echoed the one Anwar made on Saturday, where he stressed that issues should be addressed comprehensively through dialogue rather than incitement or emotional appeals, including demands for his resignation. Anwar said detractors should just table a motion of non-confidence against him in Parliament if they really have support, rather than organising a protest scheduled for this Saturday, Yesterday, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar reminded civil servants not to participate in a rally scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. He said it is inappropriate for civil servants to join such a gathering, as doing so would be inconsistent with the principle of 'Loyalty to King and Country', as enshrined in the Rukunegara. The police previously said it expects between 10,000 to 15,000 participants to attend the 'Himpunan Turun Anwar' rally scheduled for July 26. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail assured the public that police would handle security control during the rally in a professional manner, but reminded all parties to comply with the provisions of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.
Daily Mail
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Lord Blunkett: Sir Keir Starmer faces no-confidence vote if he's defeated over welfare
Keir Starmer will be forced to hold a 'humiliating' vote of confidence in his own Government if he loses a showdown with Labour 's welfare rebels, Lord Blunkett has warned. The former Labour work and pensions secretary said the Prime Minister should delay next week's crunch vote on a £5 billion package of benefit cuts until the autumn to allow more time to reach a compromise with mutinous MPs. Lord Blunkett last night suggested the PM had failed to focus on the peril the Government is in because he has spent so much time abroad. And he warned that losing the vote could trigger a crisis for the Government. The Labour grandee told LBC: 'If they lost it, they'd have to go for a vote of confidence, I think. 'But the embarrassment of that one year in leaves you with two problems. One is you've been humiliated, and the second is you've still got the problem. The welfare issue has not gone away. So, solving the problem, not taking the hit, is the sensible solution.' Urging a delay in the vote, he added: 'Keir Starmer, for very understandable reasons, has been diverted on to the international agenda. I think he now needs to come back from Holland and be absolutely focused on this.' His intervention came as the PM opened the door to concessions to welfare rebels yesterday – and defended his leadership on the issue. A rattled-looking Sir Keir bridled at suggestions he had failed to read the mood of Labour MPs, of whom more than 120 have signed a 'fatal' amendment designed to kill off the welfare cuts when they are put to a vote in the Commons next Tuesday. Speaking at the Nato summit in The Hague, he said he was finding it 'tough going', but his landslide election victory last year showed he was capable of 'reading the room'. 'Are there plenty of people and noises off?' he said. 'Yes, of course, there always are. But the important thing is to focus on the change we want to bring about.' Pressure from Labour whips and Cabinet ministers has made no impact on the revolt, with the number of rebels continuing to rise in recent days. Sir Keir yesterday insisted the vote will go ahead, despite rumours it will be postponed to avoid humiliation. However, the PM appeared to hint at concessions. 'You won't find many people who don't want reform,' he said. 'So we are on the same page. The question is how is that reform being carried out?' Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner also hinted at concessions last night, telling ITV's Peston show: 'Discussions are ongoing around making sure the reforms we bring in support people into work who need that.' If I can work, so can rest of Britain, says amputee peer By Political Editor Many sickness benefit claimants should 'get off their backsides' and find a job, according to a Tory peer who lost his hands and feet to sepsis. Former MP Craig Mackinlay said yesterday many receiving the benefits did not have 'traditional full disability issues' and should be able to do some work. Lord Mackinlay told media company Talk that he has three roles – he works as a chartered accountant one day a week and is director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation – and commutes daily. 'I have got four [prosthetic limbs] and I go to work every single day of the week,' he said. 'If I can do it, for heaven's sake, Britain, get off your backsides.' Lord Mackinlay criticised the system for assessing entitlement to sickness and disability benefits, suggesting it was too easy to get the 'golden ticket' of a lifetime on handouts, with 'all sorts of conditions' from alcoholism to obesity covered. 'We are being taken for absolute fools,' he added. In 2023, Lord Mackinlay was placed in an induced coma for 16 days due to sepsis and recovered despite being given only a 5 per cent chance of survival.
Reuters
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Poland's pro-EU government wins confidence vote in parliament
Poland's pro-European coalition government won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Wednesday (June 11), in a result that Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he hopes will give his cabinet new momentum after it was shaken by a vote defeat in the presidential election.
Bloomberg
11-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Polish Fiscal Risks Cast Shadow Over Tusk's Renewed Mandate
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk failed to dispel doubts about his weakened government's agenda despite winning a parliamentary vote of confidence in his cabinet. The zloty and Polish bonds gained while Warsaw-listed stocks pared losses as Tusk's victory averted the worst-case scenario for markets, which would have seen his pro-European Union coalition collapse after a nationalist won June 1 presidential elections.
The Guardian
11-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Donald Tusk wins vote of confidence after Polish presidential election blow
The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has comfortably won a vote of confidence in parliament that was called to shore up his fragile coalition government after a bruising setback in the presidential election earlier this month. The vote of confidence on Wednesday was passed by 243 votes in favour to 210 against. The vote was requested by Tusk after an unexpected defeat for his government's preferred candidate in the presidential election, which prompted questions about the future of the coalition and fierce personal criticism of the prime minister. Tusk leads an ideologically diverse and politically fragile alliance of pro-European parties, from the agrarian right to the social democratic left, which has promised to reverse the erosion of democratic checks and balances that had marked the eight-year rule of the Law and Justice party (PiS) between 2015 and 2023. He had long hoped that a presidential win would make it easier for the government to adopt more progressive reforms, including on contentious issues such as abortion rights and same-sex relationships. Since coming to power, Tusk's government has faced fierce criticism from the incumbent president, Andrzej Duda, a former PiS European lawmaker, with fears Duda could use his robust veto powers to block some measures. But the unexpected win of Karol Nawrocki, a Donald Trump-backed, previously little-known historian linked with the PiS, over the pro-European centrist mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, put a question mark over the government's ability to deliver on its program. Analysts partly blamed the result on the government's track record and Tusk's personal unpopularity, with voters reportedly unwilling to give too much power to one political camp. A recent CBOS poll showed that 44% of voters were critical of the government, 32% supportive and 20% neutral. Tusk himself was even more unpopular, with 53% having a negative view of him and just 35% positive. During a bruising seven-hour debate in parliament, more than 260 MPs took to the podium. Tusk strongly defended his government's track record and lamented its inability to communicate its successes to the electorate. 'If we told our story even half as well as we actually governed, we would be winning election after election,' he said. Acknowledging the significance of Nawrocki's win, Tusk said: 'This is not an earthquake, but let's call things for what they are: we are facing two and a half years of very hard … work in [political] conditions that are not going to improve.' But he insisted the government still had a clear political majority to pursue its measures, despite 'impatience, sometimes disappointment or anger' among its voters. 'I know the taste of victory, I know the bitterness of defeat, but I don't know the word surrender,' he quipped. Opposition lawmakers lined up to criticise the government for showing little ambition and slow progress on its key promises, with too much focus on blaming the previous administration for all problems. Speaking to reporters after the vote, Tusk said he had 'needed that vote for obvious reasons' as he had faced 'a lot of noise' about his and the government's future. He said he intended to 'cut off all speculation' and move the narrative on as his ministers had 'two years to make amends' and win over the public ahead of the 2027 parliamentary elections. Under Tusk's plans to reassert control, the government will now appoint a 'heavyweight' spokesperson next week to overhaul its communications strategy, and will follow through with a ministerial reshuffle in July to get in shape before Nawrocki takes office in August.
