“When he said that, he insulted me as a Speaker. How can an MP insult the Speaker’s position?

“Not as Pandikar Amin Mulia but the Speaker’s position itself,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

Pandikar added that he would resign when the time comes without any pressure from any quarters.

“If he (Lim) wants to resign, let him be. When it’s time for me to resign, I will do so. If they want to slash my salary, let them do so.”

Pandikar said he did not feel regret that the Cabinet had only decided to accept three out of four suggestions for parliamentary improvements suggested by both BN and Opposition MPs.

Lim earlier said Pandikar should make good his threat to quit if parliamentary reforms were not carried out.

He pointed out that one of the suggestions, the formation of a Selection Committee for the Parliament, was not given the nod by the Cabinet.

Last year, Pandikar sent his resignation letter to the prime minister and only changed his mind after Prime Minister Najib Razak promised to implement parliamentary reforms.

The Cabinet has approved reforms that included providing an additional 30 minutes for ministers to reply during question time and shortening the duration for submitting questions for answers from 14 to 10 days.

On a related matter, he reminded MPs not to make outlandish statements, especially anything that broke any law or rules.

“We are living in a democracy. Any MP can give statements, but these must make sense so it would not break any law or regulation.”