Azhar Harun made speaker sans vote, throws MP out amid outcry in House

Chan Kok Leong Ragananthini Vethasalam Chan Kok Leong, Ragananthini Vethasalam Updated 2 years ago · Published on 13 Jul 2020 3:13PM · 1 Comments

Opposition MPs voicing their objection to the government motion to replace the Parliament speaker. Third from left is DAP's Kasthuriraani Patto, who asked where was the vote to pick the new speaker. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, July 13, 2020.

AZHAR Azizan Harun was installed the new speaker of the Dewan Rakyat without a vote after Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin proposed his name.

The decision to invite Azhar as speaker was greeted with derision by the opposition bench, which had expected the matter to be put to a vote.

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  • Well, if you cant beat them, join them. Congratulations Art Harun.

    Posted 2 years ago by No Gostan