KUALA LUMPUR – The Dewan Rakyat has postponed the election of the Deputy Speaker again.
The motion for the postponement was tabled by the Minister at Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law), Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
“Pursuant to Standing Order 90 (2) and with the consent of the Speaker, I submit a motion to suspend enforcement of Standing Order 6 — that is to postpone the election of a Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat as stated in Item 1 of the Order Paper for today to the next meeting,” he told the Dewan Rakyat.
The motion was accepted with the majority support from the Members of Parliament.
This is the second postponement of the election after the first on 14 September.
The election was to fill a vacant position after Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said announced her resignation as the Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat on 23 August. -MalaysiaGazette
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