"The government carried out an evaluation and felt, based on reasonable grounds, that he (Mohamad Ariff) would not be able to fulfil the needs and aspirations of the present administration." - Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan
PARLIAMENT saw an unprecedented change of guard with the removal of a sitting Dewan Rakyat Speaker and the appointment of the first woman Deputy Speaker.
Former Election Commission (EC) chairman Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun was appointed the Dewan Rakyat Speaker with a razor-thin majority.