Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam objected to the Chair preventing Members from raising privilege issues, arguing that such matters should be referred to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges rather than decided by the Speaker. He questioned whether privilege questions linked to complaints before the Bribery Commission were being disallowed and suggested that, if the Chair makes such determinations, the relevant committee under the Standing Orders would be redundant.