I don't know anything about the Perak State Constitution. But common sense tells me, it does not give the speaker of the state legislative assemby the power to suspend an assembly man for the duration of between 12 - 18 months.
The speaker should know the 7 assembly men he suspended are representatives of thousands of the constituents all over the state of Perak. Suspension amounts to depriving the constituents their representation in the state legislative assembly.
The speaker now finds himself in a maze of legal technicalities and its difficult for him or for anybody else for that matter, to undo what had happened. There is no precedence to fall back upon. I think the speaker, a novice who has been at the job less than a year, was not aware the implication of his action. He was probably just taking orders from his supreme commander and adviser, Anuar Ibrahim.
Prof.Khoo is right when he says politicians should first know the law before holding public office. I hope we will soon get out of this gutter politic and pay more attention to solving the economic woes
The speaker should know the 7 assembly men he suspended are representatives of thousands of the constituents all over the state of Perak. Suspension amounts to depriving the constituents their representation in the state legislative assembly.
The speaker now finds himself in a maze of legal technicalities and its difficult for him or for anybody else for that matter, to undo what had happened. There is no precedence to fall back upon. I think the speaker, a novice who has been at the job less than a year, was not aware the implication of his action. He was probably just taking orders from his supreme commander and adviser, Anuar Ibrahim.
Prof.Khoo is right when he says politicians should first know the law before holding public office. I hope we will soon get out of this gutter politic and pay more attention to solving the economic woes
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