Election of Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker postponed for fourth time

KUALA LUMPUR: The election of a Deputy Speaker for the Dewan Rakyat to replace Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic) that was scheduled for Monday (July 18) has been postponed again, the fourth time it has been deferred.

The motion on the deferment was tabled by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar who proposed that the motion (for the election of a deputy speaker), which was item number one in today's Order Paper, be postponed to the next meeting of the House.