Smoking ban: Only Speaker has the power to enforce ban in Parliament, says MP

2018-10-18 1,584

Lawmakers today urged Dewan Rakyat speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof to take action after a smoking ban was imposed in Parliament by Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Johari Abdul (Harapan-Sungai Petani) raised a point of order at the end of oral questions, saying that ministers had no power to enforce anything in Parliament as it is the domain of the speaker.

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