Dewan Rakyat postpones election of new deputy speaker

 

PETALING JAYA: The Dewan Rakyat has approved a motion to postpone the election of a new deputy speaker.

The motion was tabled by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

"Our reason for suspending the appointment of the deputy speaker is because we want to tabled amendments to the Article 57(1)(b) to allow for the appointment of deputy speakers to be increased from two to three," he said when tabling the motion in Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (Sept 14).

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