DEWAN Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul today allowed more questions to be asked by government backbenchers in the top 10 positions for the oral question and answer session, reported Bernama.
This followed a request by the Government Backbenchers Club chairman Datuk Mohd Shahar Abdullah (BN-Paya Besar) to allow more questions from the government backbenchers since there are more backbenchers than opposition members in the House.
"There are 93 government backbenchers and 75 opposition members in this Dewan Rakyat. The Standing Orders do not specify any conditions regarding the order of questions for oral answers.
"From the Third Meeting of the 15th Parliament, under Standing Order 100, I will allow more questions for oral answers from government backbenchers in the top 10 positions of the question order," he said.
According to Bernama, he emphasised that the decision was not meant to limit the voice of any party as he would review the ruling from time to time. - October 14, 2024
