H.E. Dato’ Mohamad Ariff bin Md Yusof took his oath as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives

PARLIAMENT of MALAYSIA–The Swearing-in Ceremony of the Members of Parliament of the 14th Parliament was held at August House of Parliament of Malaysia on 16 July 2018. All 220 Members of the House of Representatives sworn in as members of Parliament and 98 of them are new members. This swearing-in ceremony was held 69 days after the 14th General Election (GE14) on 9th May. The ceremony began with the swearing-in session of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, H.E. Dato’ Mohamad Ariff bin Md Yusof.

After the swearing-in ceremony of the members of the House of Representatives, the session was followed by a motion for the appointment of two Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives. Both PAKATAN’s candidates were proposed by the Prime Minister, Hon. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad while Hon. Dato’ Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, as the Opposition Leader, proposed Beluran MP, Hon. Datuk Seri Dr. Ronald Kiandee. The ballot process had witnessed that Hon. Dato’ Mohd Rashid Hasnon and Hon. Mr. Nga Kor Ming received 171 and 124 votes respectively while Hon. Datuk Seri Dr. Ronald Kiandee garnered 93 votes.