The speaker and parliamentary democracy

comments     Lau Weng San     Published     Updated

ADUN SPEAKS When the 13th session of Parliament convenes on June 24, we will witness the first battle between Pakatan Rakyat and the BN - over the appointment of the Dewan Rakyat speaker.

Pakatan has named former Federal Court judge Abdul Kadir Sulaiman as its choice of speaker.

 

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has said the party’s Bandar Tun Razak MP Abdul Khalid Ibrahim submitted the notice on June 10 to the Dewan Rakyat clerk, under Standing Order 4(1).

Anwar also said the speaker must be appointed from the ranks of those who are independent, non-partisan, competent and qualified to serve.

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