De facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan’s attempt to explain away criticism against the government’s insistence to keep Parliament shut during the emergency has not impressed Umno’s Pengerang MP Azalina Othman Said.

Instead, it has raised more questions for Azalina, who is also the Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker.

Azalina, in a point-by-point rebuttal of Takiyuddin, asked the PAS secretary-general to explain his justifications.