Ex-speaker fears road to reform cut short


Kamles Kumar

Former speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof says he is glad that in his short tenure, he was able to change the public’s perception of Parliament by making it more accessible to the people. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, July 24, 2020.

MOHAMAD Ariff Md Yusof’s main mission, when he took up the Dewan Rakyat speaker’s job, was to ensure the institution would not be a rubber stamp for the government.

The 71-year-old was glad he could change the public’s perception of Parliament by making it more accessible to the people.


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  • All signs point to the return of BN past era.

    Posted 3 years ago by Tanahair Ku