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Speaker rejects emergency motion on Malacca CM

April 21, 2009

MALACCA, 21 April 2009: The opposition’s call for an emergency motion to debate a vote of no confidence against Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam in the Malacca state assembly was rejected today by the speaker Datuk Othman Muhamad.

Goh Leong San (DAP-Kesidang) had submitted a notice to Othman last night calling for an emergency motion to discuss Mohd Ali’s “tainted image” “lack of integrity” and “loss of confidence in the chief minister by the people”, during the three-day sitting.

However, Othman said he decided to reject the motion because it did not fulfil all three criteria for it to be debated, although it did fulfil the first criteria, that of being a specific issue.

“There is no great urgency to table the motion because it is not a natural disaster – it is also not of public interest as the case had been settled by Umno,” he said.

Goh meanwhile, said he was entitled under the house rules to at least read out the contents of his emergency motion.

He added that the motion was based on the perception of Mohd Ali’s integrity and the loss of trust in his leadership by the people.

“This is because of his involvement in money politics in the recent Umno election which has affected his credibility as a leader, resulting in a loss of confidence by the people,” he said.

This caused several Barisan Nasional (BN) backbenchers to voice their dissatisfaction, drawing a response from the opposition assemblypersons that resulted in a 20-minute shouting match.

Othman later reminded the opposition assemblypersons that he had already made a ruling on the motion and requested the house to continue with the proceedings.

On 17 March the Umno Disciplinary Board headed by Tengku Tan Sri Ahmad Rithaudeen found Mohd Ali guilty of breaking the party Code of Ethics and barred him from contesting the deputy president’s post during the Umno election.

The action was in accordance with Article 10.1 of the Umno Code of Ethics.

Meanwhile, Mohd Ali said he had told the Board that he was not involved in money politics but they (Board) had deemed him guilty and he had accepted the decision made by the party.

“This is an attempt by DAP to seek cheap publicity,” he said. – Bernama

 

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, emergency motion, Malacca, Speaker Othman Muhamad, state assembly

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  1. konghu says

    April 22, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    Please can we put politics aside and let us bring Malacca to greater height! BN and DAP should come together for once and work for the betterment of Malaccans. I am a Malaccan but need to work in KL to feed my family back home. More jobs so that I can come back. It is definitely politics that we are fed up with and bread and butter is above all for us. Please do something for us!

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