Published: Thursday February 19, 2009 MYT 3:09:00 PM
Updated: Thursday February 19, 2009 MYT 8:01:42 PM
Perak speaker: Zambry, excos will be removed
IPOH: Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir and all six state executive council members will be removed from the State Legislative Assembly if any of them turned up for the next sitting.
Speaker V. Sivakumar confirmed this by SMS, adding that no date had been fixed yet for the next sitting.
It is understood, however, that the sitting will be in April as the last assembly sitting was in November last year.
“They refused to give any statement yesterday,” Sivakumar said in response to Dr Zambry accusing him of lying about failing to give any satisfactory explanation to the Rights and Privileges Committee during the inquiry on Wednesday afternoon.
“I suspended them from attending the assembly for contempt,” Sivakumar added, declining to comment further without legal advice.
On Wednesday, Sivakumar who heads the Rights and Privileges Committee suspended and barred the seven from the state assembly. Following the announcement, at least one exco member, Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid, said he would attend the state assembly as he was still an elected representative.
On Thursday, state Health, Local Government, Consumer Affairs, Environment, Public Transportation and Non-Islamic Affairs Committee chairman Dr Mah Hang Soon also said he would turn up.
“I see no reason why I shouldn’t attend, I will go. I think the Speaker has acted out of his jurisdiction,” Dr Mah said.
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