MANILA: Those holding high office must remain open to questioning, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said, as he highlighted the importance of parliamentary independence and reforms to the legislature's administration.
He said the Parliamentary Services Act represented a substantial reform, as it involved the executive relinquishing administrative powers over Parliament to the House and its Speaker.
"The Parliamentary Services Act precisely means that the power that's there with the Prime Minister and the government is given to the House," he said at a dinner held in conjunction with his working visit to the Philippines for the 49th Asean Summit and Related Summits tonight.
Anwar said the significance of the reform was not always fully appreciated, noting that many leaders were reluctant to surrender such powers.
