KoSong: GST Bill: who voted for; who voted against; who were absent

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

GST Bill: who voted for; who voted against; who were absent

Instead of the lists being easily available, Malaysiakini had to do compilations which are available only to subscribers. But I manage to find them in this link:
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/296745?hootPostID=ba8e446f0796bd3dcdb0079e3c2457dc
via DAP Taiping page in Facebook.

I found some mistakes and I commented:

'I had a quick check and I think I spotted some mistakes. The total number of MPs who voted for (119); voted against (82); absent (20); ie. short of 1 MP. I noticed Teluk Intan (P076) was listed under DAP Seah Leong Peng as 'critically ill' when in fact, he had passed on, among the absentees, and present MP, Gerakan's Mah Siew Keong was missing. But this does not explain the missing MP to make up 222 MPs.'

Somehow, my comment could not be found again in DAP Taiping page, but still appears in my own activity log. Same with my comment in Malaysiakini's page in FB. I do feel some comments are unwelcome for one reason or other.

I am surprised that Seah Leong Peng's death a year ago, is still classified by Malaysiakini as 'critically ill' (among the absentees) and the new Gerakan MP for Teluk Intan, Mah Siew Keong's name is no where to be found. Did he voted for or was he absent? I have yet to find out why there is one MP short. In a report elsewhere, total voted against was 81 which would make 2 MPs unaccounted for. I wish someone can enlighten me on this.