BN's Perak Speaker Ganesan tightens screws on Pakatan Rakyat over State Assembly Sitting
~ Andrew Ong & Humayun Kabir
Barisan Nasional appointed speaker R Ganesan today moved to circumvent any attempts by Pakatan Rakyat to take control of the state assembly sitting.
Pakatan Rakyat representatives will be the last individuals allowed into the chambers, thereby scuttling any chances of them making a grab for the speaker's chair or the government bench.
Ganesan (photo, centre) adds that more than 15 personnel will be charge of security and will be in the chambers to prevent any untoward incidents.
He will also be enforcing a ban on mobile phones, cameras and other recording devices. It is uncertain if these rules would be enforced on journalists covering the event.
However, there are several video cameras installed on the third floor of the state assembly chambers which is sanctioned by Ganesan.
"We need to show the real situation and the behaviour of the state assemblypersons in the House," Ganesan told a press conference this evening.
Video recordings by Pakatan reps played a major part in the discrediting of the Barisan Nasional government during the May 7 state assembly sitting, where Ganesan was 'elected' speaker.
On Pakatan's allegation that 15 'thugs' would be used to replace the sergeant-at-arms, Ganesan said they were civil servants in charge of security.
He also denied that the added security personnel were gangsters.
"I will ensure that the House proceeds in an orderly, peaceful and democratic manner," said Ganesan.
'Ganesan paranoid'
Meanwhile, Ganesan also took Pakatan state reps Ngeh Khoo Ham and Thomas Su to task for allegedly taking pictures of the cameras on the third floor without permission.
When contacted, Ngeh denied taking pictures covertly and said that Ganesan was being "paranoid" because his legitimacy as the speaker is in question.
"We just went to check on the arrangements for tomorrow because we have reliable information that we may be harmed," said Ngeh, in reference to earlier accusations about the 15 'thugs'.
On Ganesan employing added security personnel, Ngeh accused the former of making a mockery of the state legislative assembly process.
He said Pakatan reps have never resorted to physical harm, but adds that BN has a track record of using physical force against Pakatan reps.
Ngeh cited two examples of BN's use of force, the first being the March 3 'tree assembly' where a group of unknown thugs physically stopped Pakatan reps.
In another example, Ngeh said BN had also illegally employed the police in the physical removal of ousted speaker V Sivakumar from the state assembly chambers during the May 7 sitting.
"Since the Perak crisis began, the only ones using force is BN. Our campaign to seek the dissolution of the state assembly has always been lawful," he said.
Taken from Malaysiakini.
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1樓搶頭香
I thought Pakatan already insisted that this will be
an illegal assembly because the formal speaker is
still Sivakumar and they will not attend the
assembly today? If the Pakatan attend this meeting
at the last minute that will show us, the rakyat,
that the Pakatan is not consistent with their words
and their stand. I'm slightly disappointed with this
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2樓頸推
What a shameful Perak Assembly sitting, suppose it
is for all state assembly representatives to sit
down and be serious discussing matters pertaining to
state development and strategy to raise solutions
for the benefit of the people. Instead it became a
place of war whereby policemen and security guards
were called to guard and arogant actions to snatch
speaker gown, pushing and attacking on various
assembly man. All these could be avoided if the
state government proposed for a new state election
to elect the new government.
A Parent
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3樓坐沙發
wat else could we say ? the fall of PBS govt in
KK due to major defections of MPs to BN.....
based on tis case if there's no fresh elections
called during tat period , how would u expect to
have fresh elections in silver state?
4樓
福樓
looking back at Sabah's history, I felt that it's
even sad for the Sabahans than what's happen in
Perak now. They started off disadvantage when they
signed the Malaysian agreement with Malaya during
60s...not treated fairly. Then Donald Stephans and
his cabinet won the state elections mid-july and his
cabinet and him was killed in a plane crash, which
many claimed that it was a planned accident. Then
later on Prairin PBS won but our famous Tun bought
over all the ADUNs and now the entire Sabah is
populated with illegal immigrants to help BN to
secure the state. It couldn't be worst.
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專業的5樓
pH,
Sdr Sivakumar in his capacity as Speaker of Perak DUN has sent
out notice of meeting as well. That was why the PR Aduns
attended the assembly, the assembly called by Sdr Sivakumar. We
did it this way bcos we cannot take the risk of being
disqualified for not attending the meeting. I hope you can
understand our dilemma.
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6樓
agreed with all yr points PH , its not tat we east malaysians
doesn't want to vote for PR but partly because of
1)Phantom voters which help secure victory for BN
2)during 308 PKR's candidates some are former BN ppl such poor
quality candidates deter sabahans from voting for them.
3)rurual folks are easily contented if they are given cooking
oil , rice etc & they will happily choose BN as if such items
can last them for 4-5 yrs. they think short term not long term.
lack of education is another factor.
4) problems of getting younger generation to register as
voters......
the list too long to go on......sigh.......
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7樓
I believe we need to get young East Malaysians working in KL to
register back home and vote there instead of registered as KL
voters. And to show their elders how much money has been spent
on developing KL/Langkawi vs their hometown.
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8樓
voting is not compulsory in Malaysia , unlike
singapore citizens , whoever turns 21 must
exercise their rights to cast votes be it
presidential elections or a general elections ,
failure to do so will result in either jail ,
fine or may be both........
back to East Malaysia's case , would sabahans or
sarawakians who works in the peninsular waste
their money just to buy air tickets back to
their respective hometowns just to excercise
their voting rights? who would reimburse them
their air tickets?
unless voting is made compulsory in malaysia ,
yes we East Malaysians will have no choice but
to fly back to their respective hometowns no
matter which country we are based at......be it
America , Europe , Asia , Middle East , Africa
etc etc