Umno man made Malacca speaker in Pakatan reps’ absence

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 11 May 2020 12:52PM · 2 Comments

Malacca Umno chief Ab Rauf Yusof is the new state assembly speaker after getting 16 votes in a process that did not include Pakatan assemblymen. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 11, 2020.

THE Malacca assembly has appointed state Umno chief Ab Rauf Yusof as its new speaker without opposition assemblymen in attendance, reported news outlets.

This follows a chaotic morning that saw reps quarrelling after the previous Pakatan Harapan-aligned speaker, Omar Jaafar, rejected a motion to vote him out.

He adjourned the meeting, but Perikatan Nasional assemblymen reconvened without their PH peers present.

Rauf was made speaker with 16 votes out of the assembly’s 28 reps.

Pandemonium broke out when Idris Haron, who holds the Sg Udang seat for Umno, shouted at Omar for rejecting a motion to vote the latter out.

Idris lashed out as Omar was opening the sitting with a prayer recital.

PH assemblymen shouted back, demanding respect for the speaker and for the prayer to proceed.

The motion to replace Omar was tabled by Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali, who is also Umno’s Lendu rep.

PN controls the assembly after the PH state government’s fall on March 2 following the defection of two assemblymen. – May 11, 2020.

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  • Back door govt like this lah, Samseng style. Bcos they used to run and steal in day light. You expect them to serve the rakyat in their heart? Without politic, they will starve for not been able to work.

    Posted 3 years ago by James Wong · Reply

  • Back to Samseng thuggish era!

    Posted 3 years ago by Chee yee ng · Reply