Kiandee, who served from 2008 to April 2018, said this was the only way to bring order to the Dewan Rakyat.

“The speaker has to be firm, otherwise there will be chaos.

“My advice is to stick to the standing orders so that no one will utter unparliamentary words,” he told FMT.

The standing orders are the written rules which regulate Dewan Rakyat proceedings.

The debate in the lower House of the Parliament turned chaotic yesterday after Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh called Umno Youth “gangsters” for surrounding and intimidating his wheelchair-bound father, Karpal Singh, at the Dewan Rakyat lobby in 2009.

Deputy Speaker Mohd Rashid Hasnon ordered Ramkarpal to retract his statement, but the MP refused. This sparked off more name-calling between MPs from both sides of the divide.

Rashid initially let Ramkarpal off the hook with a warning, earning the ire of opposition lawmakers.

Ramkarpal was ejected from the Dewan Rakyat after lunch for failing to retract his statement.

Kiandee, who won the Beluran seat in the last polls, said there was no reason for the speaker to make a ruling over another as the offence had been clear.

“The MPs have to follow the orders of the speaker who carries out his duties according to the standing orders.

“When an MP does not follow the orders of the speaker, there is no need to make another ruling because it is an offence not to follow the orders.”

He added that the speaker could have asked Ramkarpal to leave the Dewan Rakyat for failing to follow instructions.

DAP MP booted out of Dewan for calling Umno Youth ‘gangsters’