Pakatan seeks to dissolve Perak state assembly, emergency sitting on Tuesday ~ malaysiakini

Adds comments from KeADILan information chief Tian Chua

By Wong Choon Mei

In a move presaging state-wide polls, Perak assembly Speaker V Sivakumar has called for an emergency sitting on Mar 3 to table a vote of confidence in Nizar Jamaluddin as the Mentri Besar and also to file a motion for dissolution of the legislative assembly.

Said KeADILan information chief Tian Chua: "It is showdown time. The situation is very volatile. If the Barisan Nasional fails to act in the only proper way, which is to dissolve the state assembly, then Nizar will be reinstated as Menteri Besar.

"BN cannot refuse to recognise the decisions of the legislature. That would be illegal."

Dissolution of the assembly would pave the way for much-awaited state-wide polls.

The people of Perak have been clamouring for fresh election since Feb 5, when the Sultan transferred power from the Pakatan Rakyat to an unpopular line-up backed by incoming Umno president and Deputy Premier Najib Abdul Razak.

The power grab has been sharply and widely condemned by not just by Perakians, but also civil society and Malaysians nation-wide.

Properly-mandated govt needed to steer the state through economic crisis

Malaysia's Human Rights Commission (Suhakam), Transparency International, the Bar Council are among those that have publicly appealed to Sultan Azlan Shah for fair play and to allow his subjects to exercise their democratic rights and choose the leadership they wanted.

Just two days ago, 66 of Malaysia's top NGOs signed a joint statement appealing for a snap election to break the deadlock - allowing normalcy to return as only a properly-mandated government could steer the state through the economic crisis already overtaking the country.

Sivakumar earlier told reporters that he had invoked Standing Order 8 and 11 to call for the emergency session.

He has also instructed that notices be sent to all state representatives to attend, except for the seven assemblymen suspended for contempt of the Committee of Special Privileges.

As chair of the privileges committee, Sivakumar had on Feb 18 barred BN Mentri Besar Zambry Kadir and six executive councillors from attending sittings of the assembly for between 12 and 18 months.

Three former Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen who quit their parties to become BN- friendly Independents are also still suspended pending the outcome of a legal suit filed against them.

Excluding all the suspensions, Pakatan would have 28 seats versus the Umno-BN's 21.

from Suara Keadilan Online.

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