Zambry vs Sivakumar: Fed Ct to decide tomorrow
The Federal Court will decide tomorrow if it has the authority to hear an application seeking to lift the suspension of Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abd Kadir and his exco members from the state assembly.
The suspension was made by Perak speaker V Sivakumar after Barisan Nasional had formed the state government in February without the assembly being dissolved.
The apex court will make a ruling after considering an objection submitted by Sivakumar's counsel Sulaiman Abdullah against the applicants' backdoor application to the court to lift the suspension.
Earlier, the five-member panel led by Court of Appeal president Alauddin Md Sheriff unanimously rejected another objection raised by Sulaiman to remit the case back to the Ipoh High Court.
Sulaiman argued that there was another matter pending at the High Court on the case which has not been decided.
As such, the lawyer argued that the Federal Court should send back the case to the High Court.
However, Zambry's lawyer Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin submitted that the Federal Court could hear the matter as it required an interpretation on whether the speaker can order the suspension.
Zambry and the six exco members are seeking a declaration that the speaker's order to suspend them was against the Perak constitution.
The Federal Court will decide tomorrow if it has the authority to hear an application seeking to lift the suspension of Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abd Kadir and his exco members from the state assembly.
The suspension was made by Perak speaker V Sivakumar after Barisan Nasional had formed the state government in February without the assembly being dissolved.
The apex court will make a ruling after considering an objection submitted by Sivakumar's counsel Sulaiman Abdullah against the applicants' backdoor application to the court to lift the suspension.
Earlier, the five-member panel led by Court of Appeal president Alauddin Md Sheriff unanimously rejected another objection raised by Sulaiman to remit the case back to the Ipoh High Court.
Sulaiman argued that there was another matter pending at the High Court on the case which has not been decided.
As such, the lawyer argued that the Federal Court should send back the case to the High Court.
However, Zambry's lawyer Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin submitted that the Federal Court could hear the matter as it required an interpretation on whether the speaker can order the suspension.
Zambry and the six exco members are seeking a declaration that the speaker's order to suspend them was against the Perak constitution.
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