Bersih 2.0 calls for Ariff to remain Dewan Rakyat Speaker, parliamentary reforms to continue
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020 12:37 PM MYTDewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Yusof is pictured in Parliament October 7, 2019. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
“By convention, the House Speaker of a Westminster Parliament should be above partisan politics. If he or she is an MP, upon election by fellow MPs, must retire from party politics to function as the impartial presiding official in the House,” it said in a statement. “As citizens and taxpayers, we pay RM 44 million a year in monthly allowance alone, including RM 16,000 for MPs, RM 31,000 for the Speaker and RM 22,000 for deputy speakers, to maintain the Dewan Rakyat. With the Covid-19 outbreak and a global recession, we cannot afford for the Dewan Rakyat to be reduced to being an RM44 million-a-year white elephant or a mere rubber-stamp of the Executive,” said the committee.
“Another is the appointment of an Opposition MP to chair the powerful Public Accounts Committee, which has empowered the Opposition to play an effective check and balance role in Parliament,” it said.
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