Perak
By The Nut Graph team
AND so it has come to this. Heckling and shoving in the august house of the Perak state assembly. Police and special branch officers encroaching into the business of the state legislature. Arrests of politicians and civilians dressed in black.
As expected, the Perak state assembly yesterday on 7 May proved to be a messy spectacle. Probably the most shocking image was that of speaker V Sivakumar being dragged out of his chair by police in order for Barisan Nasional (BN)'s Datuk R Ganesan to assume the speaker's role.
Chaos in the state assembly sitting
No doubt, the political circus the world witnessed in Perak could have been avoided. If, for example, the sultan of Perak had consented to postponing the assembly sitting until the courts decided who the rightful menteri besar was — the BN's Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir or the Pakatan Rakyat's Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.
Or if Sultan Azlan Shah had consented to the dissolution of the assembly in early February when the crisis first began with the hopping of four assemblypersons.
But perhaps these are now moot. There may be no turning back from the mess that is the Perak constitutional crisis. What is left to be seen is whether the rakyat will accept the legitimacy of those who have wrested power in the silver state.
What do you think? Give us your six words on Perak in the comments section below. Here are some from The Nut Graph team to get started.
Cindy Tham:
Am hopping mad with the frogs!
Wanted: elected state government, not crossovers.
Gan Pei Ling:
Speaker? No say. Constitution? BN rules.
Heartbroken? Shocked? Angry? Disgusted? Beyond description.
Jacqueline Ann Surin:
Kepimpinan Barisan Nasional: Kenapa takut pilihanraya?
Hampa dan duga kerana keputusan sultan.
Ganesan, speaker wannabe. Sivakumar is speaker.
Shanon Shah:
Barisan Nasional sat on a wall ...
Bubar. Undi. Pilih kerajaan sah. Senang.
Pickle Michelle Yeoh's home state needs saving.
Children behave! It's a state assembly!
"Don't cry for me, V Sivakumar ..."
Nick Choo:
The silver state is further tarnished.
N Shashi Kala:
Perak: The greatest show on earth.
Politicians in Perak in a pickle. 
The Nut Graph is really appalled.
Inspired by Ernest Hemingway's genius, the Six Words On... section challenges readers to give us their comments about a current issue, contemporary personality or significant event in just six words. The idea is to get readers engaged in an issue that The Nut Graph identifies, while having fun and being creatively disciplined.
Comments are now closed for this article as per our policy
siew eng Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.41AM
Hee-woman, master of the state assembly.
Hee came, Hee saw, Hee conquered.
Shoes for Hee for shooing Speaker.
Lucky we had Nutgraph, MI, Anil!
Jen Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.42AM
A black day for all Malaysians.
Jacqueline Ann Surin Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.44AM
Apa makna kuasa tanpa kepercayaan rakyat?
terri Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.54AM
Extreme cowardice on display - Barisan Nasional.
Somebody buat tak tahu - majestic wayang.
Sonia Posted: 8 May 09 : 11.52AM
At a loss for words.
(which is why five, not six!)
KohJL Posted: 8 May 09 : 11.58AM
Frogs? Fine. Lawmakers without conscience? Not!
myop101 Posted: 8 May 09 : 12.06PM
One way, one voice: BN's only.
Naoko Posted: 8 May 09 : 12.17PM
One Perak. One State. Split Personalities?
My heart breaks. No other comment.
Documentary: How to start a dictatorship.
Arise, Malaysians! And jump ship now!
Class now in session. Who's teaching?
"I'm the Speaker!" "No, me!" *Facepalm*
marc Posted: 8 May 09 : 12.34PM
I am very very sad indeed.
Alex TheBackpackr Posted: 8 May 09 : 12.40PM
Not an entry, but a comment on an entry: Sonia, I like your "At a loss for words" :)
Nina S Posted: 8 May 09 : 12.42PM
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, in military terms.
Democracy is: your side, every time.
PC Posted: 8 May 09 : 1.11PM
No rules, no law, no justice
Jason Sim Posted: 8 May 09 : 1.16PM
Where art thou, Sultan of Perak?
Hee tore up the RM notes!
The Attack of Zambry Kampung Pisang
Ganesan, the new speaker? My foot.
Cindy Tham Posted: 8 May 09 : 1.35PM
Royal Perak Circus. Clowns monkeying around.
AM Posted: 8 May 09 : 1.43PM
Malaysian democracy buried in silver grave.
K S Ong Posted: 8 May 09 : 1.46PM
1Malaysia: how was that for starters ?
Disgusted Posted: 8 May 09 : 1.48PM
1 Malaysia, 2 Peraks, 3 Frogs
Jen Posted: 8 May 09 : 2.46PM
Missing WWE? Just watch Perak assembly!
How to rule? Back to school!
(not just six words but six words that sorta rhyme!)
duka Posted: 8 May 09 : 2.53PM
"Hampa dan duga kerana keputusan sultan?" Sepatutnya duka dan bukannya duga. Saya tak pasti kalau Jacqueline Ann Surin faham bahasa Malaysia atau dia sengaja menunjuk yang dia faham bahasa Malaysia.
Nota dari pengarang: "Duga" juga bermaksud "bertanding" atau "bersaing". Ruangan Six Words On... bukan hanya menguji kemahiran penulis, malah menguji kreativiti pembaca.
Shanon Shah
Columns and Comments Editor
Sarah Posted: 8 May 09 : 3.06PM
Give me back my democratic space!
Sehitam seMalaysia together, mari kita beraktivism!
Be weary of black black black!
Two sides to a story, always.
Let's get arrested, drink pull tea!
Haiyo Malaysia! Apa dah jadi nie?
Nina S Posted: 8 May 09 : 3.50PM
Dear Jason Sim, for this: "The Attack of Zambry Kampung Pisang", sir, I do believe you just won yourself an Internet A++.
(LOL again.)
Raymond Tan Posted: 8 May 09 : 4.22PM
Silver turns BLACK because of corrosion.
Corrosion steps in because of contamination.
The silver state has turned BLACK.
susan loone Posted: 8 May 09 : 4.36PM
My hair is black: Arrest Me!
My eyes are black: Arrest Me!
My shirt is black: Arrest Me!
My pants are black: Arrest Me!
My shoes are black: Arrest Me!
Do not insult the colour black.
Black is the colour of justice.
hah! Posted: 8 May 09 : 5.14PM
Judge me by my actions - Najib.
Fahmi Fadzil Posted: 8 May 09 : 5.47PM
Moving Speakers? Call Special Branch Movers!
"Hey, who switched off my mic?!"
Everybody wants to rule the world.
viv Posted: 8 May 09 : 6.18PM
One state. Two MBs. Two Speakers.
MingMerciless Posted: 8 May 09 : 7.22PM
Whoever wins in Perak, we lose.
Louis Posted: 8 May 09 : 8.10PM
Tis an utter sham and shame.
KohJL Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.06PM
Perak in 3D: Despicable, Disgraceful, Disservice
Busybee Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.23PM
Sivakumar! my new hero. Love him!
elaine Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.24PM
My heart too heavy for anything
ex MCA loyalist Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.25PM
Nizar makes PAS so appealing now!
raguel Posted: 8 May 09 : 10.25PM
more shameful than prehistoric" tribal war"
Lainie Posted: 8 May 09 : 11.19PM
Damn damn damn damn damn damn
Pei Ling Posted: 8 May 09 : 11.50PM
Pilihanraya? Tak mau! (kita sure lose)
Rampas kuasa? Boleh! (rakyat mudah ditipu)
Apa tak demokratik? Kita ada majoriti!
Tak payah fikir, BN mesti betul.
Rakyat marah? Tak apa - cepat lupa.
Sivin Kit Posted: 9 May 09 : 1.01AM
If Taiwan Boleh, Malaysia Lagi Boleh!
kenny4z Posted: 9 May 09 : 6.37AM
UMNO's BN is above the law
Andrew I Posted: 9 May 09 : 11.04AM
Attack of the Zombie Tomatoes II.
The Lord Panda Posted: 9 May 09 : 11.56AM
All this for Ipoh chicken rice?
No oil or gas, why fight?
Screw WWE, watch Perak Federation Wrestling
The Panda Head Curry? is sexy.
Hean Posted: 9 May 09 : 1.43PM
Desperate UMNO calls for desperate moves
Other BN parties better jump ship
Hello Posted: 9 May 09 : 11.06PM
BN, Royalty, Judiciary, PDRM, Administrators - - Army?
Hello Posted: 9 May 09 : 11.09PM
Barisan Nasional doing the crab walk.
Rakyat will eat this BN crab.
Old BC Posted: 9 May 09 : 11.15PM
1Malaysia, 2Perak; Pocket first, Power Now
Paul.Btze Posted: 9 May 09 : 11.35PM
Perak : All things come in two.
Azrul Mohd Khalib Posted: 10 May 09 : 11.58AM
The indignity, the travesty, the violation.
A plague on both your houses!
The rakyat will decide and punish
Tyrants clothed in sheep skin revealed
True nature revealed, didn't take long.
James Posted: 10 May 09 : 12.26PM
Shameless spectacle proving fourth world status.
Laughing stock worse than even Zimbabwe
Fed Up Posted: 10 May 09 : 5.08PM
Enough politics already. Just start governing!
Fed Up Posted: 10 May 09 : 5.09PM
Politicians playing childish games. Rakyat suffers.
lwy Posted: 10 May 09 : 10.00PM
Royal Speech? What was the point?
Jacqueline Ann Surin Posted: 10 May 09 : 11.25PM
Polis tiba. Speaker diheret. Raja muncul.
mana mana Posted: 11 May 09 : 12.44PM
Perak is in really deep kimchi.
Abdul 'Afuw Posted: 11 May 09 : 2.42PM
Their hearts are black: Arrest them!
(borrowing from Susan Loone's comments above)
Mike Vallen Posted: 11 May 09 : 3.16PM
We will be the final judge
Shanon Shah Posted: 11 May 09 : 4.57PM
Hmmm ... was the judge being seditious?
hakim Posted: 11 May 09 : 7.23PM
"please attend refresher course in Sarawak"
kwchap Posted: 12 May 09 : 12.15PM
Disgusting, arrogant nonsense - it's Barisan Nasional.
Philip Selvaraj Posted: 12 May 09 : 4.18PM
Perhaps Nostradamus had prophesied about Perak
sycheah Posted: 12 May 09 : 4.28PM
BN? Chicken shit. Hee? Just chicken.
Philip Selvaraj Posted: 12 May 09 : 4.41PM
The Palace will respect people's choice.
Kamal Posted: 12 May 09 : 6.26PM
Give it back to the people.
Reza Posted: 12 May 09 : 7.53PM
Sore losers play dirty to win
BN - rakyat does not want you
Who raped the Constitution? Barisan Nasional!
hamba pun hamba Posted: 12 May 09 : 9.42PM
Is this what they call reform?
Arthur Yeoh Posted: 12 May 09 : 9.56PM
Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame on you!
perak guy Posted: 12 May 09 : 9.58PM
Gandhi, hero. Mandela, hero. Zambry, zero.
Shao Loong Posted: 12 May 09 : 10.03PM
Mandela, Gandhi, MLK ... Zambry Abdul Kadir?
Ipoh_mali Posted: 13 May 09 : 8.12AM
Corrupted, uncivilised barbarians. Sickening, appalled, disgusted.
Dennis Lee Posted: 13 May 09 : 9.26AM
Oh no, still an ongoing drama
Jacqueline Ann Surin Posted: 13 May 09 : 10.35AM
Siapa takut pilihanraya pasti takut kalah.
Zambry is neither Mandela nor Gandhi.
ganesh Posted: 13 May 09 : 1.02PM
Who leads Perak? The rakyat know.
Shanon Shah Posted: 13 May 09 : 4.48PM
Zambry irony: I have a dream!
luica Posted: 13 May 09 : 5.22PM
First time ever, so shameful assembly!
Two MBs, two speakers, what next?
Two MB, two speakers, three katak!
No way to treat a speaker!
When the deputy usurps the chief
Zambry - clinging to power so shamelessly!
We want Nizar! We want Nizar!
PM Posted: 13 May 09 : 7.14PM
Easy solution for rakyat to decide!
Illegitimate MB, illegitimate speaker, illegal assembly.
Andrew I Posted: 13 May 09 : 7.17PM
Mandela? Gandhi? King? Try Austin Powers.
PM Posted: 13 May 09 : 7.18PM
Power grab through use of Kataks
pilocarpine Posted: 13 May 09 : 9.04PM
Zambly always dreaming, Nizar always performing.
1BLACK Malaysia, Democracy First, Elections Now (Quoting Wong Chin Huat)
Jason Sim Posted: 14 May 09 : 12.46AM
Thanks for the comments, Nina S!
And here's another one for our Mandela Gandhi Zambry:
Want a Camry? Work for Zambry!
The Lord Panda Posted: 14 May 09 : 12.58AM
Zambry ISN'T The Panda Head Curry?
chinhuatw Posted: 14 May 09 : 1.47AM
Palace. Police. Judiciary. MACC. EC. Bureaucracy.
bob teoh Posted: 14 May 09 : 2.45PM
Gandhi, Mandela, King. Zambry who? Aiyo!
CY Posted: 14 May 09 : 5.54PM
Pepper spray? Hee hee, not mine.
Close the door! Release the dogs.
Power to decide is with people.
DR Bubbles Posted: 15 May 09 : 4.36PM
Thumb drive? Hotel key? Pepper spray!
Leithaisor Posted: 15 May 09 : 7.21PM
Witness Perak. Vote BN? No way!
Rampasan kuasa Perak = Maruah parti hangus!
A Gopalan Nair Posted: 15 May 09 : 8.41PM
People's PM - Let the people decide.
sick and sicker Posted: 15 May 09 : 9.19PM
BN: I'll lose, so screw elections.
BN: I'll lose, so screw you.
BN: Let my courts screw you.
ho Posted: 16 May 09 : 12.24PM
take peoples money, do dirty job
freedom Posted: 17 May 09 : 2.13PM
Wrong doers keep doing wrong things.
Noel Dass Posted: 18 May 09 : 1.53PM
Perak Darul Ridzuan: Severely tarnished silver.
By the people, for the people.
Philip Selvaraj Posted: 19 May 09 : 4.01PM
Hee, the modern bogeyman for Malaysians.
Philip Selvaraj Posted: 19 May 09 : 4.08PM
Poltergeist attack in Perak state assembly.
Philip Selvaraj Posted: 19 May 09 : 4.19PM
Kalau adik jahat saya panggil Hee.
Philip Selvaraj Posted: 19 May 09 : 4.35PM
perak in political limbo palace powerless
pakcik Posted: 21 May 09 : 9.40AM
Barisan Nasional, On The Way Out.
Barisan Nasional, Not The People's Choice.
Yap Sing Yeong Posted: 22 May 09 : 11.10AM
BN should face fresh election
Yap Sing Yeong Posted: 22 May 09 : 11.11AM
BN, why are you so scared?
beeyong Posted: 22 May 09 : 2.17PM
1 Black Malaysia, Malaysia Black Eye
beeyong Posted: 22 May 09 : 2.18PM
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
beeyong Posted: 22 May 09 : 2.21PM
The Fall Guys- MB, Speaker, Deputy.
beeyong Posted: 22 May 09 : 2.26PM
The 'N' is near for RAHMAN
