We saw recently that the Honourable Member from Bagan Datok filed two motions that ruffled some feathers; one to remove the sitting Parliamentary Speaker and, the other to nominate the Honourable Member from Pengerang to take the presiding seat of the August house. These substantive and valid submissions were snubbed outright, first by the Speaker recusing himself from ruling on the matter citing conflict of interest, and subsequently by the deputy Speaker on technical grounds not clearly defined. The House Speaker is afforded the power to exert finality on whether or not certain matters are to be enterred into the...
