By Rahmah Ghazali - Free Malaysia TodayFMT ALERT KUALA LUMPUR: DAP stalwart Karpal Singh was given the marching orders when he called Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia a “dictator”.
The drama unravelled when Tian Chua's (PKR-Batu) emergency motion to debate Apco Worldwide's contract termination was shot down by Pandikar on the grounds that the matter has been explained.
He also said there would be insufficient time for all the MPs to debate on the ongoing Supplementary Bill.
Pandikar was referring to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim's explanation last Tuesday on Apco's alleged link to Israel and that 1Malaysia was inspired by One Israel.
The speaker was then embroiled in a lengthy argument with Chua.
At one point, Karpal interjected and argued that Pandikar himself set a precedence by allowing Barisan Nasional's deputy chief whip Nazri Abdul Aziz's request under Standing Orders 17(2) for the House to debate on the possibility of Anwar facing the Rights and Privileges Committee.
The senior lawyer insisted that there is no way for Pandikar to violate his own precedence.
"If I have set this precedence, I could make other precedences as well," retorted the irritated speaker.
"But according to the court of law, you cannot set another precedence. You have to follow the precedence," exclaimed Karpal, to which Pandikar replied that the House was "not a court of law".
Pandikar then warned Karpal that he would taken action if the DAP MP refused to cooperate.
"You are a dictator, don't be a dictator!" shot back Karpal.
"If you keep saying that, I will suspend you for 10 days," replied Pandikar, but Karpal continued to call the speaker a dictator.
Pandikar then instructed the sergeant-at-arms to assist Karpal out of the House.
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