“You talk about Standing Orders, but you yourself do not adhere to them,” a clearly irritated Azhar said to M Kula Segaran (PH-Ipoh Barat) and Thomas Su (PH-Kampar).

“The Standing Orders stipulate that when I speak, the YBs are to remain quiet.”

Azhar said the MPs should not only follow the Standing Orders when they they favour them.

“It applies across the board. Now, sit down,” he told the MPs.

He said this after Kula and Su interrupted him as he was explaining that special sittings were also held in the United Kingdom and how they were carried out.

He went on to say that because none of the MPs were bothered to listen to him, Azhar said he disagreed with everything they said.

To this, some of the MPs shouted back: “We too disagree with what the Speaker says.”

Earlier today, Ramkarpal Singh (PH-Bukit Gelugor) caused an uproar in the Dewan Rakyat by asking Azhar if he was “a government lapdog”, over his decision not to table the Emergency Ordinance in the Dewan Rakyat.

Adding that he had “disgraced” the Dewan, Ramkarpal said the speaker was not fit to chair the sitting and called for him to resign.

We are live on Telegram, subscribe here for breaking news and the latest announcements.