Deputy speaker Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar today rejected an emergency motion filed by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim calling for the formation of a royal commission to probe a government ‘mega project’.
The deputy speaker rejected the motion on the grounds that it was not urgent.
Anwar (PKR-Permatang Pauh) - who filed the motion yesterday- tried in vain to urge Wan Junaidi to reconsider his decision.
However, Wan Junaidi replied that once the speaker makes a ruling, the decision cannot be overturned.
Anwar had filed the motion seeking a royal commission to probe the RM11.31 billion broadband project.
On Monday, Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia also rejected an earlier emergency motion filed by Anwar on Oct 29 calling for a royal commission to probe the RM4.26 billion purchase of Bank Internasional Indonesia shares by Maybank Bhd and the botched RM1.7 billion procurement of 12 helicopters from Eurocopter.
Bernama
05/11/08
PEOPLE'S POWER
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