‘Speakers should not take sides’


Leading the leaders: Sultan Sharafuddin is accompanied by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia (right), Yeoh (left) and Dewan Negara president Datuk S.A. Vigneswaran (behind) at the opening of the Conference of Parliamentary and State Assembly Speakers of Malaysia in Shah Alam.

SHAH ALAM: Speakers are the key pillars in the democratic process and should be politically impartial, says the Selangor state Ruler.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said a Speaker has to be fair, mature, honest and knowledgeable with high integrity.

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