PETALING JAYA: Gerakan president Dominic Lau got the rare chance to chair Dewan Negara proceedings today.
Lau, a senator, was all smiles as he took his seat to chair the Senate’s proceedings following a request from Dewan Negara president Mutang Tagal.
The Perikatan Nasional deputy chairman is serving his first term as a senator and may be appointed for a second and final term when it expires this year. He was made a senator in November 2021.
The Dewan Negara’s Standing Orders provide for the Senate president to ask any senator to preside over proceedings in his absence.
Perikatan Nasional MPs sit in the opposition benches in the Dewan Rakyat.