Perikatan Nasional (PN) has submitted the name of a candidate for the Dewan Rakyat speaker position today, Bersatu supreme council member Rashid Hasnon said.
The former Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker declined to reveal their candidate, though he did confirm that it was not him.
"Yes... it is not me... I will be flying to Qatar to watch the football matches on Dec 18.
"But I have signalled to send the name before 5pm this evening," Rashid (above) was reported as saying by Berita Harian today.
Outgoing Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun was reported as saying yesterday that today would be the last day to submit candidate names for the position. The sitting of the new Parliament begins on Dec 19.
Azhar has to vacate his position on the midnight of Dec 18, as enshrined in the Federal Constitution.
It was previously reported that the 15th Parliament will commence with the meeting of the Dewan Rakyat on Dec 19 and 20.
The first order of business will be the election of a new Dewan Rakyat speaker.
Pakatan Harapan has not yet revealed who their candidate for the speaker will be. - Mkini
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