Johari said such MPs were neglecting their responsibility of attending Dewan Rakyat meetings to represent their constituents and, at times, end up making statements that mislead the public, Kosmo reported.

He said there were three types of MPs in the Dewan Rakyat: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

“The good MPs are those who give all kinds of ideas that are solid and practical (in the Dewan Rakyat). The bad ones are those who just complain. They object to anything we say.

“But the ‘ugly’ MPs are those who don’t come to Parliament. They’re always not around, but outside, they depict themselves as leaders.

“They don’t go to Parliament but make lots of noise outside, issuing all kinds of funny statements that, in the end, risk threatening the nation’s harmony,” he said in officiating an event marking the Public Relations Practitioners Society of Malaysia’s first anniversary.

Johari did not name any MP in particular. However, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, the Marang MP, is said to have one of the lowest attendance records for Dewan Rakyat proceedings.