A PAS lawmaker has slammed Dewan Rakyat speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof for instructing that the microphone be removed from the table of an opposition lawmaker, who had been suspended from the House for two days.
Although acknowledging that this is a petty issue, Takiyuddin Hassan (PAS-Kota Bharu) said it is shameful for the speaker to do something that is not in compliance with the Standing Orders of the Dewan Rakyat.
Ariff admitted he gave instructions for Tajuddin's microphone to be taken away.
"If the honourable (MP) can give assurance that (the MPs) will go out after having been told so, then there will be no removal of the microphone," he said.
The speaker also said he has the discretion to make such a ruling, and that not all rulings are listed in black and white.
