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By Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian Insider

The Perak state legal advisor is trying to block state representatives from being notified of an emergency sitting of the state assembly on March 3rd.

According to DAP Perak chairman Ngeh Koo Ham, the legal advisor, Datuk Ahmad Kamal Mohd Shahid, has directed the house secretary not to send out notices of the emergency sitting.

Ngeh says that this obstruction is in “contempt of the house” and is liable for punishment under house rules.

“The legal advisor has no business to intervene in the process of the house,” Ngeh told The Malaysian Insider.

“He is not an advisor to the speaker or the house. He cannot stop the process and the final decision on whether to send the notices out lies with the speaker.”

To work around the obstruction, a press conference was held in Ipoh today and the speaker will explore other means of sending out the notifications.

Only 49 notices will be sent out.

Menteri Besar Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six exco members will not received a notification as they were recently suspended by the speaker.

Neither will the three state assemblymen who switched support to the Barisan Nasional (BN) earlier this month as they are regarded as having resigned.

Two motions will be tabled at the emergency sitting. The first motion is proposed by Titi Serong representative Khalil Idham Lim to reaffirm confidence in Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaludin to continue to lead as Menteri Besar.

The second motion is proposed by Teja representative Chang Lih Kang and requests the Menteri Besar to tackle the current political crisis by doing all that is necessary to dissolve the state assembly, including sending a request to His Royal Highness Sultan Azlan Shah to dissolve the state assembly.

If all goes according to plan, PR will have 28 assemblymen to BN’s 21 in the emergency session.

Zambry had earlier told The Malaysian Insider in an interview that he will defy his suspension, maintaining that the speaker had no jurisdiction for suspending him unilaterally for something that happened outside the assembly.

Reiterating PR’s stand that power was grabbed unconstitutionally in Perak, Ngeh says that the protracted battle is damaging to the state and its citizens and called upon the prime minister to advise Zambry to agree to dissolve the state assembly.

“Or hopefully, Sultan Azlan Shah can get parties to sit together and find an amicable solution. Let the people choose their government and their leaders.”

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written by truthbespoken, February 27, 2009 19:33:13

See! That's the problem with these legal mudheads! Obviously this Ahmad fellow don't know where he stands professionally and can't even tell he don't have any business in directing the house secretary not to send out notices of the emergency sitting. Poriah! This is shitty! This guy must have studied from shit-pans!

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written by Hello Keithy, February 27, 2009 19:59:44

BN is now in a dead corner. So desperate that they are going against the law. The Perakians' voice is growing louder by the day - "We want fresh elections", "We want Jelapang assembly-frog to resign" and "We want Zambry to stop acting like an MB because you just do not have it".

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written by supplier, February 27, 2009 20:05:57

Get 1000 people to launch police reports against Perak EC, Perak legal Advisor and Perak ploice for Abuse of power. send all three to jail

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written by ckw, February 27, 2009 20:22:41

"prime minister to advise Zambry to agree to dissolve the state assembly."

i think this is not necessary as Zambry is suspended and is not goin to be the Menteri Besar. whether Zambry agrees or not, it's irrelevant. Nazri will be the rightful leader to request for the state assembly to be dissolved.

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written by Jack Hui, February 27, 2009 20:30:25

Umno goons let the Rakyat choose who they want !!! If you're confident!!! Jangan jadi pengecut!!!

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written by jeya, February 27, 2009 20:39:39

Ngeh!
For Goodness sake!
U & I know that the State Legal Advisor
is always the Representative of The Ag.
U & I know that this is against the Constitution.
So why the dickens over the last 12 months have you not done something about this.
Move, Man & pls pls remember
you owe it to your Rakyaat.
Do not use HRH as your shield.
U r responsible for your actions
Karma is the same - lately Christian or not!
Godspeed!
Jeyapalan.T.S.Mahesan

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written by amoker, February 27, 2009 20:45:04

Wah, another servant of UMNO.

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written by BennyG, February 27, 2009 21:03:38

Looking at the bright side of this situation, the hidden Umnoputras will be coming out in full force to stop the sitting of the emergency sitting. Watch out for new kataks.

When the new PR state gov't form, fire all those who had been proven to be Umno friendly in order to ensure that the gov't policies are executed promptly & smoothly.

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written by lamakawan, February 27, 2009 21:05:09

State exco Ngeh is a gentleman. he suggested the PM or the sultan to step in to resolve this damaging impass. This serves no purpose to the victor or the vanquished. The people only will suffer. And the other best way is to let the people make another decision in a snap poll.

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written by shissun, February 27, 2009 21:12:45

We all should play our roles now. While the PR leaders fight to rescue democracy in Perak. We should pray for their success. Even if they defeated in the battles, we The People shall not give up and remember to repay their good deeds in the next GE (if the BN regime still allow a free and fair one).
To our Perak heroes, you shall be remembered as the candles burning in the dark. Burning yourself in order to enlighten us the dark. To keep on fighting for what is worth fought for. God bless Perak.

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written by lamakawan, February 27, 2009 21:14:31

The legal advisor is like a legal consultant. His duties are those outside the scope of the assembly. he has nothinbg to do with the assembly per se. Only the speaker is a direct constituent of the state assembly.

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written by Darth Vader, February 27, 2009 21:41:25

Dear Pakatan Leaders & future Menteri Besar from Pakatan

If State Assembly is dissolve and fresh election take place, please go all out to win Perak State back of which i am sure Pakatan will win. Then PLEASE PLEASE removed all those people or officers with allifiation Gangster ummmmm....... no .

Please study the history of China especially the change from 1 dynasty to another. The new Emperor will always wipe out officials of the previous dynasty. This is to ensure that the old guards will not revoke against the new Emperor.

There is so much to learn from history.

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written by onnetline, February 27, 2009 22:15:52

According to DAP Perak chairman Ngeh Koo Ham, the legal advisor, Datuk Ahmad Kamal Mohd Shahid, has directed the house secretary not to send out notices of the emergency sitting.


Ahmad Kamal,

Are you one of UMNNO's bred pariah dog ??

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written by smalluncle, February 27, 2009 23:00:36

Please guard all PR rep so that they don't go "Missing" from now till Next wednesday!

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written by Dualties, February 27, 2009 23:02:01

Speaker of Perak State Assembly :

Publicly announce in all Main Stream Media now.

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written by zcakw07, February 27, 2009 23:07:17

To all Pakatan MBs,

Don't be so naive to think that all those civil servants who served under UmNo mafia previously will change their corrupted behaviour overnight!

The first thing to do is to make all these civil servants to make mandatory declaration of their personal wealth (well of course this includes their spouse and children). Those who cannot explain how they accumulate wealth that is disproportionate to their income, the state government should suspend their jobs with immediate effect and initiate investigation to take legal action against them.

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written by JohnQ, February 27, 2009 23:32:45

Looks like it's time to file a Guinese record for the shortest lived bogus MB!
and in April, another record will be in the making "Shortest lived unwanted/unwelcome/cunniniest PEE ..................."

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written by Hakim Joe, February 27, 2009 23:33:05

One very simple solution...dissolve the state gomen and ask for reelections.
If HRH had agreed to doing so in the 1st place, we wouldn't have had all this crab.
Still it isn't too late to rectify the situation.
Call for fresh elections in the state of Perak.

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written by Alamak, February 27, 2009 23:33:34

The End is near...

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written by fireduck, February 27, 2009 23:42:38

Zambry had earlier told The Malaysian Insider in an interview that he will defy his suspension, maintaining that the speaker had no jurisdiction for suspending him unilaterally for something that happened outside the assembly.

Ah, finally he admits. And that's exactly the point. The removal of Nizar as the MB was not referred back to the state assembly. And Zambry was appointed the MB, an event preceded by a 'show of confidence' by the BN and 3 frogs that happened OUTSIDE the assembly. So, the Speaker has the right to void that since, as Zambry finally acknowledged, that was something that happened not in the assembly and by the assembly.

Another observation is that lately, the name Ahmad seems to be the common name for troublemakers. First the pendatang, then MACC chairman, and now another one.

Sorry, ahmadneil, you are excepted.

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written by Lim Lim, February 27, 2009 23:45:24

it is would be high time now for umno be end to send in the crowns!

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written by Lim Lim, February 27, 2009 23:46:51

ohh!!sorry,crowns = clowns!!always get mixed up.

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written by joejoe, February 28, 2009 00:16:13

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Raja Muda of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah today called for regard for the law and respect for lawful institutions. Three weeks after his royal family had to preside over a constitutionally disputed change of government in Perak, the crown prince said that upholding the rule of law was key in combating terrorism and violence in the midst of an economic crisis...

Question: Whose version of the law do you follow? The one that is stated clearly in the Constitution or the one that was recommended by UMNO? We all know what happened here.

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written by raven1958, February 28, 2009 00:16:52

The Perak Sultan and his son's elegant silence says it all...the Sultan and the BN screwed up big time.

It's a legal tangle they cant get out of. It's either emergency rule or UMNO gangsters and co incorporated to the fore to bash up the state assembly. March 3rd will be interesting. All PKR/PAS/DAP youth plus whoever else believes in fair play must brace themselves for that day. Whether the PR moves forward or the country stands still may be decided on that day.

To Nizar, Sivakumar and Ngeh...if there were more of you....there is yet hope for Malaysia. Insyallah.

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written by KingSolomon, February 28, 2009 00:23:15

Perak is the most crooked state because of the former Lord Whitehair. Hence, his henchmen will block every PR move. Because of this, his days will not be many.

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written by freedom to speak, February 28, 2009 01:07:31

Be prepared!

I wonder, can the assemblyman be obstrcted from attending for any reasons what so ever?
PR should send out people to make sure all attend so they have the proper QUORUM.
Be ready for dirty tactics.
All assemblyman should stick together and prevent any "DISAPPEARING ACT".
God bless all of you.

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written by Goodbites, February 28, 2009 06:25:30

Perak State Legal Advisor showing disrespect to Perak Assembly Speaker, Sivakumar and the people of Perak!

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written by Adriftboat, February 28, 2009 08:03:08

Please hold fresh election to solve all these issues. The PEOPLE OF PERAK are sufferring and please do something. BN is illegal so to right the situation, go back to the people for mandate and what is the issue of going back to the people? Is it BN is scare to lose badly and that will reflects that they are unwanted and unpopular.
One has to take the bull by its horns should one still has BALLS ......

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written by Apek, February 28, 2009 12:05:09

And while the parties fight, thieves come in the night to rob, rape and plunder
the richness of Perak.

Trees are being felled, logs being carted away;
sand being mined and land being polluted at a rate hereunto unknown to mankind.
All these thieves must make hay
while Zambry still shines.
All these thieves who are there for the plunder,
will pay any ammount to keep Zambry in power.

"Damn the people of Perak" these thieves will say,
"What’s the meaning of mandate when we can pay"

The People rant and rave in the streets
of being shortchanged in their receipt
They voted one but strangely got the other
now scratch their heads and begin to wonder.

But behind the scenes stands a Chinese Tycoon
who says "No morals my friend"
"Its just good business you see".

So continue the woes of Perak.

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written by eloofk, February 28, 2009 18:16:52

Who is this Ahmad Kamal, the Perak state legal advisor? What is his role?

An advisor is just an advisor, nothing more, nothing less and he has no authority to direct any civil servant or officials of the state assembly.

He is there to advise on any legal matters which involves the Sultan and the Royal family, the MB, the Speaker and Exco members of the state assembly.

Directing the house secretary to do his bidding is not in accordance with the provisions of the state constitution and in interference of the speaker's right.

So, Admad Kamal. Back off or you will be sued

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written by carlitos, February 28, 2009 19:57:57

My prediction
come 3rd March... 10 pakatan rakyat representative will go missing. They will get detained under ISA and release on the 5th March after the assembly.

BN will win vote of confidence and the will of the royal family of Perak will be done. TO make sure Barisan Najis head the government of Perak so that big project can be secured.

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