BN MPs were up in arms after a former ally told them that they could not raise statements made by Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar in the Dewan Rakyat.<br /><br />Ahmad Maslan (BN-Pontian) had asked Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah to address the Johor ruler's criticism of the government's decision to ratify the Rome Statute and the claim that it was unconstitutional.<br /><br />However, Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (GPS-Santubong), who was a deputy speaker under the previous BN-controlled Dewan Rakyat, cited Standing Order 36(7) which stated that MPs cannot use a ruler's name to influence the House.
