KUALA LUMPUR: A Pakatan Harapan high-level meeting will be held in the near future to decide on the final list of candidates as the 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 indeed held the meeting today and will meet among the Pakatan Harapan at the highest level, after which we will make a decision because the proposed names for speaker is needed before the opening of Parliament within another one week,” she said when met by reporters at the Kajang state constituency’s Aidilfitri open house here today.
Meanwhile, Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim said he had not received any indication on his nomination as the new Dewan Rakyat 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 indications officially.
"But it all depends on the motion that the authorities would table on the 16th of this month, only after that would there any conformation,” he said at the Aidilfitri open house.
The first meeting of the Dewan Rakyat will be officiated by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V on July 17.--REUTERS
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