Pandikar Amin Mulia slammed DAP lawmaker Lim Lip Eng for insulting his status as the speaker of Dewan Rakyat.

This after Lim remarked that Pandikar should either resign or have his salary cut by 25 percent as only three out of four of his proposed parliamentary reforms are accepted by cabinet.

"When he said that, he had insulted my status as a speaker, not me - Pandikar Amin Mulia," the speaker said when met at the Parliament lobby.

"If he wants to resign, let him (resign). When the time comes that I should resign, then I will. If they want to cut my salary let them cut my salary.

"We live in a democratic country. Any MPs or even you can make statements but these statements must make sense," Pandikar added.

Earlier, Lim told reporters that Pandikar had said "he would resign if no reform at the first session this year. So, if he refuses to resign, then he at least should cut 25 percent of his salary".

"This is not to humiliate him but to send a message to (Prime Minister) Najib (Abdul Razak) that he means business, that he wants the fourth proposal by BN and the opposition MPs to be accepted," Lim ( photo ) added.

Cabinet had rejected Pandikar’s proposal to form a committee on consideration of bills.

Lim pointed out that Pandikar had also wanted to have an expenditure committee and a committee on the order of business, but failed to convince the government on this.

Senior minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz today tabled a motion on the parliamentary reform agenda today, the last day of the current session.

The three reforms tabled in the House are a 30-minute minister's question time every Tuesday and Thursday, setting up a special chamber to discuss motions and cutting down the 14-day notice period for motions to 10 days.

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