KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Parliament will allow the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to conclude ongoing proceedings before selecting a new chairman, said Deputy Speaker Nga Kor Ming.
Nga said they did not want to disrupt the PAC headed by PPBM’s Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee until it fully disposes of all matters before it.
“We will look for a suitable time because these cases are being heard and there needs to be a conclusion.
“So it depends on when the cases will be solved,” he told reporters when met at the Parliament lobby here today.
Pakatan Harapan (PH) is under pressure to replace Kiandee as the coalition pledged in its election manifesto to reserve the PAC chairman’s role for an Opposition lawmaker.
Nga defended Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s decision to retain Kiandee as PAC chairman until a replacement is found, even though the issue is believed to have led to Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar’s decision to resign from the committee yesterday.
“He just came back from Pakistan on an official visit. He had addressed the issue the soonest possible.
“I am confident the Pakatan Harapan government will fulfill its promises in the manifesto,” he said.
The Teluk Intan MP said Kiandee was an Opposition MP when he was appointed to the position, and the issue arose when he jumped to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) on March 15.
