PARLIAMENT | A commotion broke out in the Dewan Rakyat after Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia declared that as far as he was concerned, Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Gelang Patah) is invisible to him.

“Just turn a blind eye as if you don't see the YB […] he can't participate, he can't say anything,” he said in reference to the DAP veteran.

“I did not see Gelang Patah in the Dewan. If I see Gelang Patah then I would have to ask him to leave again,” he said earlier in response to Che Mohd Zulkifly Jusoh (BN-Setiu).

Che Mohd Zulkifly had attempted to raise a point of order against Lim for not abiding by the speaker's decision to suspend him yesterday.

“This is your Parliament […] if I make any ruling, if whatever I said is being ignored, what is the point of raising a point of order (against Lim)?” asked Pandikar after a shouting match which involved G Manivannan (PKR-Kapar) and Teo Kok Seong (DAP-Rasah).

The Setiu representative then pointed out that Pandikar only pretended not to see Lim in his seat.

Lim had also stood up to enquire about the status of his suspension but was ignored by the speaker.

Noh Omar (BN-Tanjong Karang) then stood up to table the Fire Services (Amendment) Bill 2018 but triggered another commotion.

This is after he expressed support for the speaker to ignore Lim and called him a “hantu” (ghost).

“I can hear (Lim) but I can't see…I fully support what the speaker is doing (to ignore Lim).

“I have been in the Dewan for 23 years, that voice is very familiar, but I can't see,” he said as Lim continued to ask if he had been suspended for a day or six months.

“Because he is a 'hantu', he does not understand. If he is human then he would understand,” added Noh to protests from M Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) and Steven Sim (DAP-Bukit Mertajam).

Sim accused Noh of being insolent for his “hantu” remark but the minister shot back, “You (Sim) are the one who is being insolent…Sit down! This is my floor!”

Pandikar, who merely observed the commotion without interrupting, later remarked that he was having the last laugh at the antics of the MPs.

“I am having the last laugh. All of you Yang Berhormat must now practice self-restraint. I will not make another point of order ruling. You do as you like,” he said.

Yesterday, Lim said his status as an MP was left in limbo due to an alleged incomplete motion to suspend him.

The motion to suspend Lim was made yesterday morning after he refused to vacate the House following a commotion which delayed the tabling of the redelineation report.