Kit Siang, Nurul Izzah Anwar and Johari Abdul were among those suggested by Pakatan Harapan for the position of speaker which ultimately went to ex-judge Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof .
According to the source, the coalition initially promoted Anwar Ibrahim’s daughter, Nurul Izzah Anwar, and DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang for the job.Nurul Izzah’s mother is Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who was PH’s deputy prime minister, while Kit Siang’s son Lim Guan Eng was the finance minister.“This was despite a readily available candidate like Ariff, who was seen as more qualified for the post, even if he would not have fulfilled PH’s election manifesto,” it added.
The nomination of Johari for the speaker’s job drew strong support from Amanah and DAP despite the fact that Ariff had also been Amanah’s legal adviser.However, it drew protest from civil societies who saw Johari as a vestige of old Umno politics due to his past involvement in BTN, the Barisan Nasional -era National Civic Bureau which was accused of conducting “brainwashing” programmes on civil servants.
“Since PH had gone to the election as a coalition, unlike the two others, they got to form the government,” the source said. “The speaker has proven that institutional reform efforts which started after the 14th general election have borne fruit and must be continued,” it said in a joint statement by PKR, DAP and Amanah.
The source questioned the current support for Ariff by PKR, DAP and Amanah given their initial resistance to his candidacy and inclination to appoint “one of their own” to the post.
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