No issue for Azalina to chair Dewan Rakyat despite PM adviser appointment - Speaker

There is no issue for Azalina Othman Said (BN-Pengerang) to chair Dewan Rakyat sessions despite her appointment as special adviser to the prime minister, said speaker Azhar Azizan Harun.

Earlier in today’s sitting, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (Harapan-Kulim Bandar Bharu) and Wong Hon Wai (Harapan-Bukit Bendera) urged Azalina – who was chairing the session from 2.30pm to 3.30pm – to recuse herself.

They said her position as the prime minister’s special adviser was a conflict of interest.

The two of them argued that...