Published: Thursday November 12, 2009 MYT 1:44:00 PM
DPM orders Kota Siputeh rep to attend assembly sitting
ALOR SETAR: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has instructed Kota Siputeh assemblyman Datuk Abu Hasan Sarif to attend the state assembly sitting scheduled for next Tuesday.
He said that although Speaker Datuk Dr Abdul Isa Ismail had said that Abu Hasan had lost his eligibility as an assemblyman, Barisan Nasional concurred with the decision by the Election Commission which ruled that there was no vacancy for the seat and that Abu Hasan was still the assemblyman for the constituency.
“He is still an assembly member and the Speaker cannot stop him from attending the sitting.
“The Commission has announced that the Kota Siputeh seat is not vacant and that there is no by-election for the area. Under what power can the Speaker rule otherwise?” he told reporters after visiting flood victims at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Gunung here on Thursday.
Muhyiddin said Abu Hasan should attend the sitting as it was his duty to do so as an assemblyman.
Dr Abdul Isa said recently that Abu Hasan was no longer an assemblyman although the court had yet to make a ruling on his position.
He claimed that Abu Hasan had lost his eligibility on Aug 17 after not attending two consecutive state assembly sittings.
Dr Abdul Isa filed an application seeking a judicial review of the Commission’s decision.
The state assembly will sit from next Tuesday to table the 2010 state budget. -- Bernama
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