In a speech delivered before today’s parliamentary sitting, Johari said he and deputies, Ramli Mohd Nor and Alice Lau, would no longer tolerate MPs who use the Dewan Rakyat as a battleground for political vendettas.

“Whatever issues you are having outside this House, whether it is the ongoing inter-party strife or issues on social media, please solve them outside Parliament.

“Don’t drag your problems into this chamber,” he said.

Johari said those who use parliamentary proceedings to target other MPs would face action.

The Speaker also reminded MPs to uphold the principles of the Rukun Negara.

“Members of this House must show maturity and decorum in their discourse and debates, in line with the Rukun Negara principle ‘kesopanan dan kesusilaan’ (good behaviour and morality) recited earlier,” he said.

In his maiden address to the Dewan Rakyat yesterday, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim called on MPs to exhibit exemplary conduct and cautioned against unparliamentary behaviour.

He said the conduct of certain MPs had left him embarrassed in the past.

“I give the Speaker the green light to take stern action against MPs who go over the top. He may impose a 14-day ban if some are still stubborn,” the king said.

The last parliamentary session witnessed numerous shouting matches in the Dewan Rakyat, with some MPs resorting to  unparliamentary behaviour. This resulted in several being ejected from the sitting or suspended.