KUALA LUMPUR – Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun and Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said remain as Dewan Rakyat speaker and deputy speaker respectively after the high court here today ruled that their appointments are valid.
This follows the decision of judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid in allowing the application by Azhar, Azalina, and two others to strike out an originating summons filed against them by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four others to challenge the legitimacy of their appointment.
Kamal said that after studying the oral and written submissions of both plaintiff and defendants, he found that the appointments of Azhar and Azalina are valid and cannot be questioned by the court.
“The first (Azhar), second (Azalina), third (Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker Mohd Rashid Hasnon), and fourth (Dewan Rakyat secretary Nizam Mydin Bacha Mydin) defendants’ originating summons to strike out the application is allowed.
“The court will not set any cost after being satisfied that the issue is indeed of public interest,” he said. – Bernama, December 30, 2020
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