Parliament is not a political market place to move around freely

Why should the big media companies deployed up to a dozen of reporters each, including editors, in Parliament? Is it an evident that the reporters assigned to cover the Parliament are not highly qualified and could not performance?

Ironically, parliament should not be a place to be swarmed with hundred of reporters and five journalists to cover the ongoing session is more than enough. The parliament is not a political market place, thus the journalists should be restricted from moving around freely in the lobby.

More than 100 journalists from all print, online and electronic media are staging a boycott. The decisions taken to cover the proceedings in the Dewan Rakyat and boycott all press conferences or events held outside of the chamber thus justified the actions taken were wrong and unjustified.

Last Friday, the Parliament administration issued a notice to all media organizations informing them that they could only send no more than five journalists to cover the ongoing session. The barricades have restricted the journalists from moving around freely in the lobby to interview parliamentarians.

In protest, journalists from all print, online and electronic media have decided to only cover the proceedings in the Dewan Rakyat and boycott all press conferences or events held outside of the chamber.