The Perak assembly secretary Abdullah Antong Sabri today said that the call by the state speaker for an emergency sitting next Tuesday was illegal. This was because the emergency sitting has not received the consent from Sultan of Perak in accordance with the standing orders of the assembly and the state constitution, he said in a statement. However in an almost immediate reaction, speaker V Sivakumar's lawyer Chan Kok Keong insisted that the emergency sitting - called to table two motions on the takeover of the state government - was lawful...
Sivakumar also stressed today that the emergency sitting this Tuesday was valid and will go ahead as planned. He said that he and legal experts had studied the Perak constitution and the assembly's standing orders in detail and determined that it is within his powers to call for the emergency sitting...
Meanwhile, Perak DAP state secretary Nga Kor Ming said that a continued sitting of the house from the previous sittings does not require the Sultan's consent. "The consent was granted before and it is still in force," said Nga, a practicing lawyer and Pantai Remis assemblyperson. Even if BN decides to boycott the sitting, Nga said Pakatan state representatives would still fulfil the quorum needed to proceed. "And then once the motion of confidence for Mohd Nizar is passed, it means Zambry has lost confidence of the majority in the house and must therefore resign," he said. He also warned that anyone who obstructs the assembly proceedings on Tuesday would be deemed to have acted in contempt of the house....
Constitutional expert Prof Aziz A Bari also threw his weight behind the decision made by Sivakumar. "I do not think there is a need for the sultan's consent here. And do not forget the speaker has written (to request) for it but the palace failed to respond," he told Malaysiakini.
O what a mess that the Sultan's decision has brought about but it is certainly not his doing. The Sultan is apolitical, remember? ;=)...who masterminded the mess, the rakyat knows...
Sivakumar also stressed today that the emergency sitting this Tuesday was valid and will go ahead as planned. He said that he and legal experts had studied the Perak constitution and the assembly's standing orders in detail and determined that it is within his powers to call for the emergency sitting...
Meanwhile, Perak DAP state secretary Nga Kor Ming said that a continued sitting of the house from the previous sittings does not require the Sultan's consent. "The consent was granted before and it is still in force," said Nga, a practicing lawyer and Pantai Remis assemblyperson. Even if BN decides to boycott the sitting, Nga said Pakatan state representatives would still fulfil the quorum needed to proceed. "And then once the motion of confidence for Mohd Nizar is passed, it means Zambry has lost confidence of the majority in the house and must therefore resign," he said. He also warned that anyone who obstructs the assembly proceedings on Tuesday would be deemed to have acted in contempt of the house....
Constitutional expert Prof Aziz A Bari also threw his weight behind the decision made by Sivakumar. "I do not think there is a need for the sultan's consent here. And do not forget the speaker has written (to request) for it but the palace failed to respond," he told Malaysiakini.
O what a mess that the Sultan's decision has brought about but it is certainly not his doing. The Sultan is apolitical, remember? ;=)...who masterminded the mess, the rakyat knows...
1 comment:
Time to call for a fresh election in the state la. The more the sultan get involved or been forced to be involved the more the people will hate the sultan and the more BN will lose in the next election. Using police etc will never be able to stop people's voice and change people's feelings and dissatisfaction. So, I hope the assembly goes well on Tuesday without some police barging in and arresting the speaker. If that happens my gosh, it's doomsday in Malaysia. Same goes to further interference by the Sultan. He might just end up being the most hated sultan ever in the history of Malaysia. Taking it to my heart...
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