PH meeting to choose Dewan Rakyat speaker

KUALA LUMPUR: A Pakatan Harapan high-level meeting will be held soon to decide the final list of candidates for Dewan Rakyat speaker to be proposed to Parliament, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Dr Wan Azizah, who is also PKR president, said the initial list of candidates from the party had been submitted to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for review.

“We have held the meeting and will meet among the Pakatan Harapan parties at the highest level, after which we will make a decision because the proposed names for speaker are needed before the opening of Parliament,” she said at the Kajang state constituency’s Aidilfitri open house here yesterday.

Meanwhile, Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim said he had not received any indication on his nomination as speaker.

He said any decision would depend on the motion to be submitted in the Dewan Rakyat on July 16.

“I have not received any indication officially.

“But it all depends on the motion that the authorities will table on the 16th of this month. Only after that would there any conformation,” he said at the Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house here yesterday.

The first meeting of the Dewan Rakyat will be officiated by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V on July 17.