PUTRAJAYA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) Sungai Petani Member of Parliament Datuk Johari Abdul (pic) is tipped to be named as the Dewan Rakyat Speaker.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad is expected to make the announcement on Johari's selection on Wednesday (July 11).

Deputy Prime Minister and PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said Dr Mahathir would make the announcement in the upcoming Pakatan meeting.

"The deadline is today or tomorrow. The Prime Minister will make the announcement," she said in a press conference at the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry here on Tuesday (July 10).

Johari's selection was believed to have been decided at the Pakatan meeting on Monday night (July 9) held at the Perdana Leadership Foundation in Putrajaya.

Among those attended the meeting were Dr Mahathir, who is Pakatan chairman, Dr Wan Azizah, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, Pribumi deputy president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir and Pakatan secretariat chief Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

Johari's selection is in line with Pakatan's manifesto that the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat will be selected from among its MPs.

Three-term MP Johari first won the Sungai Petani seat in the 2008 general election.

A holder of a master's degree in strategic studies from the University of Lancaster, Johari is also the PKR chief whip.