PSP files parliamentary motion for Speaker to be independent and impartial, after hot mic issue
SINGAPORE - Non-Constituency MPs Leong Mun Wai and Hazel Poa have filed a motion for the next parliamentary sitting to ask that the House reaffirms its commitment to the need for the Speaker of Parliament to be independent and impartial.
The development comes a day after Leader of the House Indranee Rajah said she would address Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin’s comment caught on a hot mic after Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim’s speech, “as this matter concerns parliamentary conduct”. “ deserves a full parliamentary debate as it touches on parliamentary privileges, professional ethics, and the impartiality and independence of the office of the Speaker,” said the statement.
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