PARLIAMENT Pakatan Rakyat MPs have staged a walkout en masse from the Parliament today after two of their MPs were ejected by speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia for contesting and seeking an explanation from the speaker.

Gombak MP Azmin Ali, from PKR, was booted when he sought an explanation persistently from Pandikar for the latter’s decision to prioritise government affairs and not allow Azmin’s motion to condemn three judges to be placed high up the order paper.

PAS’ Sepang MP Hanipa Maidin was also booted when he tried to raise a standing order as the debate regarding the speaker’s refusal to accommodate the unprecedented motion by Azmin, signed by 63 MPs, heated up.

This prompted a mass walkout from Pakatan MPs who were already unhappy with the speaker.

Shortly before leaving the House, Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh sternly told the speaker, “Don’t play play with the constitution.”

PKR’s Batu MP Tian Chua said that there were at least 65 opposition MPs in the House when they decided to walk out.

Hanipa and Azmin allowed back into House

However, after the House resumed sitting after a 90-minute lunch break, Pandikar said that he now allowed both Hanipa and Azmin back into the House.

“If I do not mention the amount of days, automatically the MP cannot enter the House for four days,” Pandikar said.

“If this stays, they cannot come for the first three days of the next session’s sitting,” he added.

“As such, I am using Standing Order 90 to allow them back into the House, I will not chase them out if they re-enter,” he said.

To this, BN’s Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin stood up and asked if the duo can enter the House immediately, and Pandikar nodded in agreement.

“So then, we can phone them and ask them to come back,” Bung Moktar said.

Pakatan reps have since returned into the House after Pandikar’s permission for Azmin and Hanipa to re-enter the House.