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Senior minister 'interfering' in speaker's decision goes against reforms - lawyer
Published:  Sep 21, 2021 8:50 AM
Updated: 12:50 AM

A senior minister allegedly blocking Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun from inviting an opposition MP to chair the sitting goes against the parliamentary reforms being touted by the government, lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla said.

"It would not only be wrongful interference unto the powers of the speaker but also against the spirit of the memorandum of understanding signed for reform of Parliament," he said in a statement.

Haniff (above) was responding to a report yesterday that Azhar had... 


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