Between being the breadwinner of her family and replacing Manoharan as the state assemblyperson, Pushpaneela, however, conceded that her contributions in the constituency is still unsatisfactory.
Even though she had acted on behalf of her husband for the past 14 months, she said that she still “can’t bring the constituents grievances to the state assembly”.
“I can do as much as I can in the constituency, but I cannot attend the state assembly sitting. As a state representative, you need to bring their grievances to the august House but these people have been denied (this),” she said.
Despite the hardest decision that her husband has to make, the mother of four children however said that Manoharan was “in good spirit”.
“But he just feels very guilty ... the people only saw his posters and not him in person. He tried his best to be out (of prison) to serve them ... but he can’t even attend the assembly sitting,” said Puspaneela.
Manoharan's threat to quit has put Najib on the back foot.
The prime minister has lambasted the opposition for forcing by-elections for no good reasons after Penanti assembyperson Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin resigned from his Penang state seat last month.
In this case, Manoharan is arguing that he has compelling and legitimate reasons to quit, unless of course, Najib releases him from ISA detention.
The Kota Alam Shah seat is one of the three seats which falls under the Klang constituency, also held by DAP. It covers Klang town and surrounding areas.
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Even though she had acted on behalf of her husband for the past 14 months, she said that she still “can’t bring the constituents grievances to the state assembly”.“I can do as much as I can in the constituency, but I cannot attend the state assembly sitting. As a state representative, you need to bring their grievances to the august House but these people have been denied (this),” she said.
Despite the hardest decision that her husband has to make, the mother of four children however said that Manoharan was “in good spirit”.
“But he just feels very guilty ... the people only saw his posters and not him in person. He tried his best to be out (of prison) to serve them ... but he can’t even attend the assembly sitting,” said Puspaneela.
Manoharan's threat to quit has put Najib on the back foot.
The prime minister has lambasted the opposition for forcing by-elections for no good reasons after Penanti assembyperson Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin resigned from his Penang state seat last month.
In this case, Manoharan is arguing that he has compelling and legitimate reasons to quit, unless of course, Najib releases him from ISA detention.
The Kota Alam Shah seat is one of the three seats which falls under the Klang constituency, also held by DAP. It covers Klang town and surrounding areas.
(Source: Malaysiakini - Support Mkini - Subscribe to Mkini!)
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