Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.
KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat members of parliament (MP) have been warned that they face the threat of disqualification if they deliberately boycott the swearing-in ceremony of parliamentarians on June 24, said Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.
He said that the swearing-in of MPs would be the constitutional order of the day and a failure to take the oath within six months of the start of proceedings, without a reasonable excuse, would lead to automatic disqualification.
"MPs will have six months to take their oath and until such time, those who fail to do so would be barred from participating in parliamentary proceedings," he told reporters Tuesday after officiating a briefing for parliamentarians at Parliament House, pending the start of the 13th sitting of Parliament on June 24.
Although MPs would be allowed to take their oath at a later date before the six-month deadline, he said a deliberate boycott of the swearing-in ceremony was tantamount to mockery of the nation's democratic institution that could lead to censure by Parliament.
He was asked to comment on the possibility of Pakatan MPs boycotting the start of parliament and its consequences.
The Star
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