KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – The Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia allowed the proposed of the televised debate between 1Malaysia Development Bhd president Arul Kanda Kandasamy and Tony Pua to proceed the subject to several conditions.
Pandikar said Pua would need to resign from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) or exclude himself from any probe related to the Finance Ministry-owned investment company. In the meantime, he said Arul also cannot be involved in the ongoing 1MDB proceedings as witness. He said this when making a decision on the proposed debate at the Dewan Rakyat, today.
He said that the decision was made based on Standing Orders No. 23 and 85 that specify the evidence taken before a Select Committee and any documents presented to them which cannot be made by any one Committee members, or by any person who, before the Committee took the statement to the Council (Dewan Rakyat ).
