It is business as usual for Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia who began his duty at the Parliament today, chairing the swearing-in ceremony for two new MPs, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Datuk Hasan Arifin.

Dr Wan Azizah won the Permatang Pauh by-election with a 8,841 majority while BN's candidate Hassan won the by-election after securing 23,796 votes.

The Permatang Pauh by-election was called after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim lost his eligibility as MP following his sodomy conviction while the Rompin by-election was held following the death of incumbent Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis in a helicopter crash on April 4.

On Saturday, A news portal reported that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in a forum in Ipoh had said that Pandikar had met to inform him that he had resigned as Dewan Rakyat speaker.

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A former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Pandikar, 59, took his oath as Dewan Rakyat speaker in April 2008, replacing Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib.


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