The voting for Dewan Rakyat speaker will be conducted via “letter ballot”, said the parliament secretary, though she refused to specify if it is secret or not.
“It will be conducted via letter ballot,” said parliament secretary Rosmee Hamzah.
However, she refused to comment on whether the ballot will be secret or not, saying that she does not want the matter to be made into an issue.
“Please refer to Standing Order 4,” Rosmee said when pressed further, explaining that since its founding, that was how parliament conducted the voting for speaker.
According to Standing Order 4(4), “letter ballot” means that each MP will be given a piece of paper to write down the name of the person they are voting to be speaker, and the paper to be folded until the name written on it cannot be read, and then signed by each MP.
Standing Order 4(5) specifies that the ballots shall then be collected by the secretary or an appointed official and counted in front of the assembly and the result read out by the secretary.
“It will be conducted via letter ballot,” said parliament secretary Rosmee Hamzah.
However, she refused to comment on whether the ballot will be secret or not, saying that she does not want the matter to be made into an issue.
“Please refer to Standing Order 4,” Rosmee said when pressed further, explaining that since its founding, that was how parliament conducted the voting for speaker.
According to Standing Order 4(4), “letter ballot” means that each MP will be given a piece of paper to write down the name of the person they are voting to be speaker, and the paper to be folded until the name written on it cannot be read, and then signed by each MP.
Standing Order 4(5) specifies that the ballots shall then be collected by the secretary or an appointed official and counted in front of the assembly and the result read out by the secretary.
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