News about speaker

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): The motion to elect a new deputy speaker in the Dewan Rakyat has been postponed till at least next month to allow for a constitutional amendment which will see a third deputy speaker post from the opposition in the House.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 30): Yang di-Pertuan Agong has decreed that parliamentary sittings should reconvene before Aug 1, 2021, according to Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim and Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Former Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof said it is "rightful" and "fitting" for the Cabinet to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to reconvene Parliament as soon as possible before the Emergency period ends.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Azalina Othman Said (pictured) has questioned the reasoning for the suspension of Parliament during the state of emergency, raising concerns that the legislature's functions have been "emasculated" while the executive has "free rein" over the country's affairs as a result.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Speaker of Dewan Rakyat Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun (pictured) called upon members of the media to make sacrifices and accept Parliament's decision to restrict coverage of Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara proceedings to 15 media agencies.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): The High Court has fixed Aug 11 for case management of an originating summons filed by former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four others against the Dewan Rakyat Speaker and his deputies, over the legality of their appointments to the posts.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Deputy Speaker Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon (pictured) acknowledged the legal action initiated by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four other Members of Parliament (MPs), challenging the validity of the appointment of Datuk Azhar Harun and Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) and four others today filed an originating summons to challenge the appointment of Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun and Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): Parliament Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun’s move to write to High Court Judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah to seek the judge’s permission for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be present in Parliament last Thursday afternoon was an unprecedented move, Sepang Member of Parliament (MP) Mohamed Hanipa Maidin said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah relented and allowed the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial today to end earlier than usual, after reading a letter from the Dewan Rakyat Speaker requesting that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) — who is the accused in this case, and lawmaker for Pekan — be allowed to attend Parliament.