Khairy: Useless speaker

Opposition lawmakers have voiced their disappointment with Dewan Rakyat speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof ruling that Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng did not mislead the House by claiming that money intended for GST refunds had been "robbed."

Among them was Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin, who described Ariff as "useless."

"I don’t know how he managed to become a judge. Useless," he quipped at a press conference in the Parliament lobby today.

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Following an hour-long debate in the Dewan Rakyat on the motion to refer Lim to the Rights and Privileges Committee, opposition MPs staged a walkout in protest against the speaker's ruling.