{"id":18183,"date":"2026-05-25T14:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=18183"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:54:38","slug":"three-senators-sworn-into-office-urged-to-elevate-parliamentary-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=18183","title":{"rendered":"Three senators sworn into office, urged to elevate parliamentary discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kuala Lumpur<\/strong> \u2014 Three members of the Dewan Negara, including one fresh appointee and two re-elected representatives, officially took their oaths of office before Senate President Datuk Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah at the Parliament Building today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among those sworn in was Datuk Seri Profesor Dr Noor Inayah Ya&#8217;akub, the Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the International University of the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (UniMAIWP). Appointed as a new Senator following her election by the Penang State Legislative Assembly, her three-year term commences from May 14, 2026, and will run until May 13, 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ceremony also saw the reinstatement of two returning senators who were re-elected by their respective state assemblies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dr RA Lingeshwaran:<\/strong> Re-elected by the Penang State Legislative Assembly to serve alongside Noor Inayah for an identical three-year term ending May 13, 2029.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hussin Ismail:<\/strong> The PAS Central Permanent Chairman and President of Yayasan Amal Malaysia, who was re-elected by the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. His reappointment officially took effect on April 23, 2026, and will conclude on April 22, 2029.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his welcoming address, Senate President Awang Bemee extended his heartfelt congratulations to the delegation and emphasized the growing weight of their public duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He expressed high hopes that all three senators would lean heavily on their diverse professional experience, academic expertise, and institutional wisdom to elevate parliamentary debates, raise high-quality inquiries, and contribute substantially to Senate Select Committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In this challenging environment, the public maintains high expectations for Parliament to continue playing an effective role in thoroughly scrutinizing government policies,&#8221; Awang Bemee noted, stressing that their constructive input remains vital to national progress and the long-term well-being of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur \u2014 Three members of the Dewan Negara, including one fresh appointee and two&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355.jpeg",554,402,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355-300x218.jpeg",300,218,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355.jpeg",554,402,false],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355.jpeg",554,402,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355.jpeg",554,402,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355.jpeg",554,402,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355.jpeg",554,402,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355.jpeg",554,402,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9B48D6DC-AFCC-490E-9E8A-C39D09E34355.jpeg",554,402,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18185,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18183\/revisions\/18185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}