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Monday, July 9, 2018

BOMBSHELL – KIT SIANG TO BE NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER? SPECULATION SWIRLS DAP STALWART & RAIS YATIM ON SHORTLIST FOR DR M’S FINAL DECISION

KUALA TERENGGANU: DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang is keeping mum on speculation that he might be in the running to be Dewan Rakyat Speaker.
This makes him the second candidate for the post, after news reports about Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim being tipped to the be man for the job.
“No comments. I will not answer any political questions,” he said when pressed about the matter at the opening of the Kuala Terengganu DAP service centre on Monday.
He said he will leave the decision to the Pakatan Harapan top leadership.
The Iskandar Puteri MP also stressed that politics is not about chasing titles, but serving the government and the people.
“What’s important now is that we fulfil the hopes of the people,” he said.
A source said that Dr Rais is said to be the sole nominee from the Pakatan Harapan Government for the post of Dewan Rakyat Speaker.
This comes as Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail reportedly said that the candidates for the Speaker post have been shortlisted and were now with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
She said it was up to the Prime Minister to choose the Speaker.
One of them, former Selangor state assembly Speaker Hannah Yeoh, had since been appointed into the Cabinet.
Three names, including Dr Rais, were originally speculated for the post.
One of them, former Selangor state assembly Speaker Hannah Yeoh, had since been appointed into the Cabinet.
A source familiar with Dewan Rakyat’s procedures said under the Standing Orders, the name of the proposed Speaker must be submitted to the parliamentary secretariat 14 days before it convenes.
ANN

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