Friday April 4, 2008
Ramli doesn’t mind staying on as Speaker
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib, who is caretaker Dewan Rakyat Speaker, does not mind being re-nominated when Parliament convenes on April 28.
“I am willing to be the Speaker if required. But at the moment I don’t know whether I would still hold the post,” he said. “I’m a normal man. I will try to do whatever is best.”
Ramli has been the Speaker since Nov 22, 2004.
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Q&A session: Ramli answering a question during an exclusive interview with Bernama at his office in Parliament House Thursday. |
On the new Dewan Rakyat session, Ramli said it would be unique in several ways, including having the largest number of opposition members since 1959.
He said there would be the mother and daughter team of Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR– Permatang Pauh) and Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR – Lembah Pantai).
“Previously we had father and son teams: Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng, who will be around; (the late) Tun Ghafar Baba and Mohd Tamrin Ghafar,” he said, adding thatabout 45% of the MPs, or 99 of the 222 MPs, were new faces, the largest number of new MPs so far.
Ramli said MPs could nominate their own candidates, including non-MPs, to become the Speaker, adding that MPs would have to vote on the first day of the sitting.
The two deputy speakers, however, must be elected MPs.
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