IPOH, 2 March 2009: Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six state executive councillors (excos) today applied to the High Court here to declare the decision by Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar to suspend them as null and void. In the originating summons filed this afternoon, Zambry and the excos […]
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Perak’s political drama heightens
By Deborah LohTHE political drama in Perak, which has escalated from one height to another, is set to spike tomorrow with an emergency state assembly sitting to vote on two motions related to the state’s constitutional crisis. However, even if the emergency sitting is successful, it would not immediately solve the impasse. It would, in fact, be […]
19 police reports against Perak Speaker
TRONOH, 23 Feb 2009: Police have received 19 reports against Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar for suspending newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and six state executive councillors (exco). Perak police chief Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah said 13 reports were lodged in Perak while three were made in the other states. “All the […]
Perak Speaker gives police statement
IPOH, 23 Feb 2009: Perak police’s commercial crime investigation department has taken a statement from state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar. The statement was recorded by four personnel headed by the department chief Supt Amarjit Singh at Sivakumar’s legal firm, Chan and Associates, at Jalan Tun Sambanthan here from 2.45pm to 5.15pm today. “It was not […]
Zambry, exco will not be hasty
IPOH, 20 Feb 2009: Newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said he and his six state executive councillors do not want to be hasty like the Speaker from the Pakatan Rakyat who suspended them from attending the state assembly. “We don’t want to be like them. We will use the law to resolve […]
Zambry, excos to take legal action
PANGKOR, 19 Feb 2009: Newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said today that he and his six executive councillors (excos) in the state government will take legal action to resolve their suspension. “For now, we will continue with our duties as usual,” he said. He was commenting on the action by Perak state […]
PM: Perak assembly speaker opposing sultan
PUTRAJAYA, 19 Feb 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi regards Perak state assembly speaker V Sivakumar’s suspension of Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his executive councillors as being equivalent to opposing the decision of Sultan Azlan Shah. Abdullah, who is also BN chairperson, said the Perak government […]
Perak speaker suspends MB and entire exco
Bernama reportIPOH, 18 Feb 2009: In an unprecedented move, Perak state legislative assembly speaker V Sivakumar today suspended Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his executive council members from attending the state legislative assembly. The latest twist to the Perak political saga came after Sivakumar ruled that Zambry and the six executive councillors were […]
PR to resist Perak takeover
By Deborah LohIPOH, 6 Feb 2009: Even as Barisan Nasional (BN)’s candidate for Perak menteri besar, Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir is to be sworn in this afternoon, Pakatan Rakyat says it will resist BN’s takeover “every step of the way until the end”. Parti Keadilan Rakyat information chief Tian Chua said the Pakatan Rakyat state government […]
Perak says duo no longer assemblypersons
IPOH, 4 Feb 2009: The Perak government no longer recognises Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu as the Behrang and Changkat Jering assemblypersons respectively. “Therefore, the two assemblymen will not be allowed to attend the coming state assembly sittings,” Perak assembly Speaker V Sivakumar told reporters at the Menteri Besar’s residence last night. […]
